Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’” 1 Samuel 19:17 – Truly what a sad phrase to come out of King Saul’s mouth. As he was speaking with his daughter about why she let her husband David escape from the king’s attempt to assassinate David, the king labels David a new name…my enemy. How though could David be seen as such? He defeated Goliath for Saul, he won battle after battle against the Philistines, and he willingly humbled himself to be the king’s musician to calm him down when the evil spirit came over the king. Nothing about David was an “enemy” to Saul, but when Saul allowed sin to be the lens he saw the world through, suddenly even those around him that loved and supported him became “his enemy.” Be wise and do not allow sin into your life. We see one horrible side effect to sin is beginning to see those around you wrongly. Rather that friend, you see enemy. Rather than supporter, you see hater. Rather than family, you see stranger. As the wrong glasses would cause you to see the world incorrectly, so does sin cause us to see people differently. We may be surprised to discover that when we set aside the sin in our life, many of the individuals that we have distanced ourselves from and even postured ourselves defensively against begin to appear differently to us. How changed could the story have been if King Saul set aside the sin, and how different our stories could be if we too set aside the sin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2896
Question To Ponder: How has someone’s sin caused them to see you incorrectly?
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