“Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice! ” But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be innocent? ” David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. However, as the Lord is my witness, I will never lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and the water jug by his head, and let’s go.””
1 Samuel 26:8-11 CSB
David impulsively sneaks into the camp of his enemy, Saul, and his friend thinks he is there to kill him. That seems like the only possible reason, but then David is struck by conscience and changes his mind, they just take some things from him instead. This appears to be God redirecting the impulsive plans of David.
This reminds me that it is never too late to change direction and follow what God wants even if I was previously following my own half baked plan! Lord, help me to instantly recognize if I am going my own way and turn to follow You as soon as I realize I have made a mistake.
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