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Day 89 or March 30. We're all different. Our thoughts today are from 2 Samuel chapter

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22 verse 1. David sang to the Lord the words of this song, when the Lord delivered him

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from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse. The war with the Philistines continues, and

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today we learn of the deaths of four giant friends of Goliath from Gath. If you remember,

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David collected five smooth stones from the stream in the valley of Elah when he killed

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Goliath, but he used only one of them. The other four were almost certainly meant for

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the four giants mentioned towards the end of 2 Samuel. They were finally killed by David's

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army, but years earlier David had been prepared to do it himself, but God had other plans.

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We are now approaching the final days in the reign of David, and he celebrates God's

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goodness in his life, as he composes a psalm of thanksgiving.

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And now today's action step. David never saw King Saul as his enemy, even though Saul

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constantly confronted him throughout his life. David did his best to gain victory over his

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enemies. But as we can see from our verse today, he never included Saul in that group.

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Sometimes in our Christian lives there are folk who always seem to test our resolve to

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love your neighbour. They are a sort of Saul in our life. In so far as they have been called

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by God, but their approach and attitude seems to constantly run against the grain of our

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own approach as we seek to serve God in our daily lives.

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Don't let them stop you doing the right thing before God. Actually, we may be a Saul for

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someone else too. Now that's a sobering thought. We may be a stumbling block for others trying

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to serve our God. This is something we need to be constantly on the lookout for. May we

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be forgiven for the times we have run roughshod over someone else as we pursue our mission

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in life. And may we be ready to forgive those who do it to us as they seek to serve God.