THY Will, Not My Will.....

God has His own rewards for those who do good and are loyal to Him. Throughout scripture we read of God honoring those that honor Him (2 Sam 2:30). Here we read of David sparing King Saul’s life for a second time. He tells Saul that when man has a scheme that’s not from God, he won’t succeed, and will eventually be cursed. If it’s from God, then there is no stopping it. Saul’s scheme to kill David was not of God, so David had confidence even in the midst of the distress he constantly felt while living in the wilderness. David knew one day God would reward him with the kingship that Samuel had anointed him for years earlier. David waited, and never took revenge on Saul, because he knew Saul was God’s anointed. He even told Abishai that Saul would eventually die in battle or of old age, and it wasn’t up to David to take matters into his own hands. Do you ever feel like taking matters into your own hands? What keeps you from doing it? Hopefully this principle that David displayed here will help you do the right thing in the future. The reward will far outweigh what you give up, if you remain loyal to God. His will be done, not mine.

19 But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let Him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’ 20 Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the Lord? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”21 Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”22 “Here is your spear, O king,” David replied. “Let one of your young men come over and get it. 23 The Lord gives His own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the Lord placed you in my power, for you are the Lord’s anointed one. 24 Now may the Lord value my life, even as I have valued yours today. May He rescue me from all my troubles.”25 And Saul said to David, “Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed.” Then David went away, and Saul returned home. 1 Samuel 26:19-25