And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice. 1 Samuel 18:11 – Envy is the theme of this chapter. King Saul grows envious of David’s fame in the kingdom and the enemy fanned that sinful flame. As Saul was raving due to a harmful spirit, the general and war hero David humbly came back to his original job in the kingdom to play music for the king to calm him down. Yet Saul in his sin thought he could find victory over David and regain his glory by killing David with his spear. We see the king missed, but what’s even crazier is apparently David was willing to remain serving even after a murder attempt, for Saul tried a second time to kill David! In this passage we see the stark contrast between someone confident in the Lord compared to someone seeking the approval of people. Saul was led to a maddening envy that ruined his family and reign, while David was able to remain faithful to the Lord and see wonderous success. When our desire is to please the Lord and we find our approval in Him alone, it opens the doors for us to serve humbly and be a blessing to all people like we see with David in this chapter. Yet when we are caught up with the gaining of fame and glory and approval from the people around us, humble service is impossible to do. As when Jesus humbled Himself to wash His disciples’ feet, as when David sat down after an attempted murder to continue serving as he did as a child before the king, so should we be willing to humbly serve. Find your value in the Lord and allow Him to be the giver of your worth. When He is the One we find our worth in, it opens the doors to begin washing the feet of others like Jesus did. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2895
Question To Ponder: Where or how do people today seem to find their worth? What might be the long-term effects of that?
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