Dealing with Unjust Treatment

1 Samuel 21-25

Passage

After David’s anointing, we see that he was trying to serve Saul who was king over Israel. Saul, however, did not show David the same appreciation. Saul tried to kill David and pursued him as a rival. David had his chances to exact revenge, but he respected God’s choice to make Saul king and showed respect to God. The story of Nabal went a little different in that David’s worldly passion began to overtake his thoughts.

However, in both cases God intervened and David allowed God to handle the issues. In the case of Nabal, Abigail, Nabal’s wife, intercepted David as he was coming to attack Nabal and his camp, and then a few days later God took Nabal instead of David. With Saul, David waited and God ended up killing Saul and his sons n battle.

How do we handle times when we feel we are not being treated fair. Do we seek revenge ourselves? Do we retreat into ourselves seeking self-pity? Or do we trust that God is in control and seek what God wants to teach us in the moment?

Note: Sorry, but due to technical issues there is no video copy of the sermon this week.

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