Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
5 He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
7 So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
8 When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
9 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night. Sam. 19:4-9
Sometimes we have people in our lives like co-workers, supervisors, even family that just don’t like us. It seems that no matter how hard we work and the good we do, they just don’t seem to care. In some cases they may try to under-mind us and what we do.
Jesus spoke of Himself and John the Baptist in this way. No matter what the Pharisees and lawyers criticized them. Read Luke 31-35
31 “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?
32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!’
In David and Saul’s situation, it was because of an “evil spirit”. We can say it wasn’t Saul’s fault because he was influenced by a spirit but we know that Saul had a chance to repent. When the Lord said he was going to take the Kingdom from him, Saul could have stepped down. But he insisted on his own way, as always, which opened the door for spiritual influence.
I can easily see that the relational situation that I am pointing out is a spiritual one and can only be solved spiritually.
Jesus said that people will not like us because of Him. Even if they do not know you are a Christian.
24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! Mat. 10:25
So what are we to do about this? You know that we are to be witnesses to our co-workers and families and it would be a bad witness to lose our temper or fight back. So what can we do?
Jesus says that we are to do to others as we want others to do to us. You know that little “Golden Rule Thing” we learned as kids. Jesus takes it seriously. Read Luke 6:27-28 and 31
27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
And
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
By reading the rest of the main story in our main verses, you will see how David reacts to Saul. Until the death of Saul David acted as Christ commanded. That may be why Luke records Paul’s words in Acts 13:22 that God called him, David, a “man after His own heart”.hat can I say,
What can I say, it is not easy it is just right.
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