- 1 Samuel 24 Daily DEVO And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 1 Samuel 24:4 – Compare this passage to yesterday’s passage we looked at. Yesterday Saul continued daily to try to get David in his hands but never could. Here though today we have David not even trying and God bringing Saul into David ‘s hands. What I see unfolding within these passages is a beautiful picture of the blessing that comes from following God and the emptiness that comes from not following Him. Saul never found the fulfillment he was seeking because his sights weren’t on God, yet David, who chose to put God first, found all that he needed being placed in front of Him. Today I want these passages to open your eyes to the lack you’ll have when not following God and the fill you’ll have when you are following God. Settle today which you want and who you’ll follow. God has blessed you with the freedom to choose. To choose to run after anything other than Him or choose to run after Jesus with your life. Today you’ve learned the outcome of both choices, now it’s up to you to make your choice and I’m sure you know which one I’d lead you towards. I love you, but Jesus loves you more! – Mac – Daily DEVO 424
- And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave. 1 Samuel 24:3 – We must be careful where we go to find rest and reprieve. Here Saul walks right into a spot that could have led to his death. Maybe we don’t find ourselves walking into a cave that hides our enemies in the shadows, but we can find rest in places that will only give us harm instead. Like we find rest in the bottom of the bottle because it pushes aside all the worries for awhile. We can find rest with the wrong people. We can lean on the wrong mindsets for rest. All these and more can place us in a very dangerous spot and give us the opposite of the rest we actually need. This is why in Matthew 11 Jesus says to come to Him if we are weary and He will give us rest. Where you rest matters. Where then when you need rest do you first go? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1649
- And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.” 1 Samuel 24:5-6 – God brought to David the opportunity like no other. The enemy that was hunting him and that had ruined his life was now alone and defenseless in the very cave David and his men were hiding at. David could kill Saul easily, but David knew this was not the reason God brought about this opportunity. We too must be willing to prayerfully discern why God allows opportunities to come our way. For the seemingly obvious reason may not be the most holy reason, as with David killing Saul. Whether it’s a new job opportunity, a new person steps into your life, or a new diagnosis, let us take time to come before God with this new thing and ask Him how He’d like us to handle it. Maybe how God wants you to handle that new job opportunity is to give it to someone else you know needs one rather than the obvious reason of you taking the job. Maybe how God wants you to handle this new diagnosis is differently than how others are telling you to handle it, and you choose to handle it peacefully. We are thankful that the Lord brings about into our story opportunities like this, but let us also be willing to humbly approach the Lord for discernment on how He would like us to handle these opportunities. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2901
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