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David Wept For His Enemy

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Main Scriptures: 2Sam.1:1-12

More Scriptures: 1Cor.13:6, Jas.2:3, Lk.18:38

How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead? David demanded of the young man……when he turned and saw me, he cried out for me to come to him. How can I help? I asked him. He responded, who are you? I am an Amalekite, I told him. Then he begged me, come over here and put me out of my misery, for I am in terrible pain and want to die. So I killed him, the Amalekite told David, for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord. David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news. They mourned and wept and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan……. (2Sam.1:5-12) NLT

It is natural to rejoice when those that hate you fall, fail or falter. But it is godly to feel a sense of compassion for them. This is aptly captured in the encounter David, the husband of Bathsheba, had with an Amalekite. Though king Saul attempted to kill David several times for no reason, yet when the news of his death reached David, he wept. He did not announce to everyone who cared to listen that his enemy had died. He did not rejoice in the calamity that befell king Saul and his son. My father, in the faith, Bishop David Oyedepo once told the story of how he was moved with compassion when he heard of people that died as a result of a road accident. God wants you to demonstrate mercy and compassion toward your wife and children when something unpleasant happens to them and they are the cause. The Scripture in 1Cor.13:6, says that love does not rejoice in evil. Jesus Christ, the perfect example of a good and godly husband, is compassionate towards you and me. Jesus Christ does not derive pleasure when we fail. According to the word of God, “He does not take pleasure in the death of a sinner”. As the husband and head of your family, you have His kind of life in operation in your own life. He has empowered you to be like Him. Don’t affirm to your child when he or she presents to you a poor academic result that “after all I knew that you were going to fail”. Don’t announce to your wife and people around you when your wife fails that, “I am not surprised, that serves her well”.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

·         Father, in the Name of Jesus, deliver me from selfishness and a haughty spirit.

·         Father, in the Name of Jesus, give me the heart to be compassionate and merciful to my wife and children.

·         Father, in the Name of Jesus, break the power and influence of pride and bad-will at work in my life.

FAITH CONFESSION

The happiness of my flock is my happiness and their pains and failures are mine because that is what makes me a good and godly husband in Jesus Name. Amen.


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