1 Samuel 25-27 / April 16 (Day 107)

In 1 Samuel 26:9-10 David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? …As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.”

I want to speak 2 points from these verses.

1. David’s faith is seen in the fact that he wouldn’t take things into his own hands when he had such a “good” opportunity to do so. David would not move out of frustration, but he waited for God. 
2. Before David would walk in the anointing of king, he had to honor that anointing on someone who was his enemy. This shows David’s character and faith.

In 1 Samuel 27:1 David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand." We need to watch our emotions when our patience is tested and make sure we don’t make decisions out of weariness. This wasn’t a fatal decision of David, but he would need to learn a difficult lesion because of it.