1 Samuel 26:6-13
Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish. The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord's anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.” So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them.
Tag: God goes before us!!
In the above story we see that King Saul was still hunting down David, to kill him. This is the second time that David has had a chance to take Saul's life. No one would have blamed him. In the world's philosophy is it "kill, or be killed." Yet, David does not take Saul's life. HIs best friend told him to. But, David said no. The interesting position of this story is, however, that how did David and Abishai go into the camp of soldiers, undetected? The answer is in the last verse in the above section. Note what it says, "... because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them." This MIGHT have been evidence that God was with David to kill Saul. Yet, the truth is that God had already promised David that he would be king. David didn't need to kill Saul to make God's promise come true. He had to NOT kill Saul so that God could make Him king and not his own hand. David had to believe God's promise. In this instance God went before David to put Saul and his men asleep so that David could show his integrity, faith and worthiness to be king. If he wanted to be the king of Israel had to show he was different than Saul. God put Saul asleep to test David. Would David take Saul's life and make himself king, without God's help? Or, would David take this opportunity to trust God's prior promise. David was a man of faith and took this chance to trust God and not listen to the friend with him. He trusted God's promise over man's pressure. David had access, yes, but he also had God's promise to NOT kill Saul!!! God went before David. He will go before us!!!
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