Joel M Bradshaw

7So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.

8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”

9But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless? 10As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. 11But the Lord forbid that I should lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let’s go.”–1 Samuel 26

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

1. King Saul had been chasing David all over the country trying to kill him.
2. David was a fugitive, his life in transition.
3. He was to the next anointed king, but Saul still lived.
4. David was pressured to take the crown by force.
5. David saw this as compromising his faith, and would not do it.
6. His life was in transition, but his faith was not.
7. In what areas of your life are you pressured to compromise? How can David be a good example for you?–JMB