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of getting his own back. Can you imagine what a different world this would be if we lived
out this principle? Can you imagine the impact that we, as Christians,could make in the
world if we would apply this principle in our work places, our families and even in the
church. Too many of us are far too hung up on getting even, not realising that we have
been recipients of God’s enormous grace, because if there is anybody who should be getting
even with us, it should be God!Take a moment to thank God for His goodness and His
grace and then, as a result of our gratitude towards God and our love for Him, let’s give
mercy in abundance and grace extravagantly.
WEDNESDAY
1 Samuel 26
The story that you have just read, for me, has to be one of the greatest illustrations of
the principle of“power under control” that we read in the Bible. The context of this
story is interesting; David had been anointed to be the king of Israel as a young man,
and he was now waiting for that special day when he would be crowned the king. For a
good few years, David had to live under the subjection of Saul who pursued him and
persecuted him, wanting to put an end to his life. David had, in 1 Samuel 24, an
opportunity to kill King Saul and to claim the crown for himself, but he refused to lay his
hand on God’s anointed and chose rather to wait for God’s timing to make him king.
Two chapters later (our reading for today) we have another dramatic opportunity for
David, personally, to kill King Saul and claim his rightful position as king of Israel, but
again, we see David not doing that which everybody thought he should do, because
David understood the principle of the importance of God’s timing.
In today’s age everybody wants everything in a hurry. We live in an “instant” age where
we have everything from instant meals to instant coffee and even in the church people
desire instant spirituality. David, on top of teaching us the power of control, teaches us
the beauty of waiting for God. The longer I am a Christian, the more I realise that God is
never in a hurry. We tend to think that everything should happen now and we have
created a generation of impatient Christians. Ecclesiastes 3 is a beautiful passage
speaking of God having a time for everything under heaven. There is a time to be
bornand a time to die; a time to build and a time to break down; a time to weep and a
time to laugh…. The passage is culminated with a beautiful statement, in verse 11, “He
makes all things beautiful in His time”. There are no shortcuts to spirituality and, for
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