Joel M Bradshaw

30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? 31As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!”

32“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” Jonathan asked his father. 33But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended to kill David.–1 Samuel 20

1. Selfish Saul was very reactionary in his anger.
2. He thought that he could replace God’s choice of king through lineage.
3. Jonathan felt the rejection that David once did.
4. Saul obviously justified his sinful choices and used his anger to accomplish them.
5. I used to be more like Saul, reactionary and angry.
6. But I owned my issues, got help, and pursued accountability.
7. How about you? Are you more like Saul than you care to admit?–JMB