What to do with those who hurt you

April 21, 2008

2 Samuel 2:4-6 CEV
(4) The people of Judah met with David at Hebron and poured olive oil on his head to show that he was their new king. Then they told David, "The people from Jabesh in Gilead buried Saul."
(5) David sent messengers to tell them: The LORD bless you! You were kind enough to bury Saul your ruler,
(6) and I pray that the LORD will be kind and faithful to you. I will be your friend because of what you have done.


We should never gloat in the failures of our enemies. If any one had a right to do it, David was the one. Saul had chased him all over the country. But he made the choice to not only hurt the man who had tried to gain favor with David by saying he had killed Saul (2 Samuel 1) but praised the people who had taken care of Saul's corpse.

When our enemies have a failure of some sort, a good idea may be to take some time to pray for them.

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Today
2 Samuel 1:1-4:12
Tomorrow
Psalms 6:1-10, Psalms 8:1-9, Psalms 9:1-20, Psalms 10:1-18, Psalms 14:1-7, Psalms 16:1-11, Psalms 19:1-14, Psalms 21:1-13
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