Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samual 1

David went back to Ziklag after defeating the Amelekites. He was there for two days when an Amelekite showed up dressed in distress. He asked what was going on and the Amelekite told him that he was a servant of the Philistines and that the Philistines came up on Saul's camp and that everyone was dead. He told David that Saul had fallen on his own sword, but wasn't yet dead, and begged the Amelekite to kill him, so he did.

David became angry and said, "How dare you kill the anointed of the Lord! You don't ever raise your hand to harm the anointed for any reason!" and he killed the Amelekite. Then he mourned because his best friend, Jonathon, who was Saul's son, was also dead. He mourned for the whole family.

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The lesson I got out of this is that when God puts someone in position of authority, no matter how much you dislike the person or what they have done to hurt you, you wait it out. It is not your place to end their life in order to make things better.

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