Israel Needs a Humble King (Pt 2 - 1 Samuel 25 & 26)

“This is the regular means of God’s grace: one of the greatest blessings

possible is the church! The people of God! In recent chapters David was

rescued by God through the faithfulness of Jonathan, and now through the

faithfulness of Abigail. In both the first and last chapters of this

section (1 Samuel 24 and 26) David has his strong moments. His men are like

‘Let’s kill Saul now!’ and David is like ‘No, no, no. That would not be

right. Let’s leave it to God. Leave vengeance to God.’ In both these

chapters, David boldly confronts Saul with Saul’s sin. Humbles himself.

Makes himself nothing before Saul. David is like ‘I’m a flea. I’m like a

dead dog. But Saul, you should not incur the wrath of God on yourself this

way.’ But in the middle section, David has weakness, as we all do. In my

life, church, God has shown me that he is not going to allow me to have the