Word for Today....A Blessing from My Enemy
Scripture: Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and shalt still prevail. 1 Samuel 26:25
David had been anointed king and Saul, who was the current king, was UPSET!! So much so, that he declared that he would kill David no matter what the cost. However, David had a chance to render to Saul the death sentence Saul wanted for David. But David didn't follow his carnal mind, but instead spared Saul's life. Even when David's companion wanted to kill Saul, David said that it was not HIS job to do harm to anyone whom God had anointed.....WHOA!!!!! (I hear you thinking) Yes, Saul was FULL of the devil, but at one time in his life he was anointed. See that is the thing that we have to remember that God's anointed is still God's anointed. It isn't our jobs or duties to seek and execute vengeance on those we think are no longer anointed or maybe actually have step out of fellowship with God. GOD will take care of those who are disobedient. David wrote in the 27 chapter of Psalms and verse 2 that God would deliver him and cause his enemies to stumble even when they would attempt to overtake him. (I am paraphrasing) Because of his pure heart, Saul was "forced" to pronounce a blessing upon David. So even when our enemies try to bring us down, they are just setting us up for a greater blessing. God said the He would make our enemies our footstool.
David also declared in Psalms 27: 3a, "though an host (of enemies) should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." There is no reason to fear our enemies, the only thing that God ask of us is that we maintain our integrity and steadfastness to Him. For the Word of the Lord constantly reminds us that there is NO weapon that is formed that shall prosper. And I believe that if God is for us, WHO can stand against us! A wise woman told me once not to be distracted because of my enemies. And I tell you today that they are only being used to set us up for greatness and God will MAKE our enemies "behave".
Have A Blessed Day!
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