Day 89 or March the 30th. We're all different.
Our thoughts today are from 2 Samuel chapter
22 verse 1. David sang to the Lord the words
of this song when the Lord delivered him from
the hand of all his enemies and from the hand
of Saul. Now the big picture surrounding this
verse. The war with the Philistines continues,
and today we learn of the deaths of four giant
friends of Goliath from Gath. If you remember,
David collected five smooth stones from the stream
in the valley of Elah when he killed Goliath,
but he used only one of them. The other four
were almost certainly meant for the four giants
mentioned towards the end of 2 Samuel. They were
finally killed by David's army, but years earlier,
David had been prepared to do it himself, but
God had other plans. We are now approaching the
final days in the reign of David, and he celebrates
God's goodness in his life, as he composes a
psalm of thanksgiving. And now today's action
step. David never saw King Saul as his enemy.
even though Saul constantly confronted him throughout
his life. David did his best to gain victory
over his enemies. But as we can see from our
verse today, he never included Saul in that group.
Sometimes, in our Christian lives, there are
folk who always seem to test our resolve to love
your neighbour. They are a sort of Saul in our
life, insofar as they have been called by God
but their approach and attitude seems to constantly
run against the grain of our own approach as
we seek to serve God in our daily lives. Don't
let them stop you doing the right thing before
God. Actually, we may be a soul for someone else
too. Now that's a sobering thought. We may be
a stumbling block for others trying to serve
our God. This is something we need to be constantly
on the lookout for. May we be forgiven for the
times we have run roughshod over someone else
as we pursue our mission in life, and may we
be ready to forgive those who do it to us as
they seek to serve God.