Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they to have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.” But the kings officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.
1 Samuel 22:17
In life you may be asked to do things by your boss, a leader around you, maybe even a parent or respected family member, that is so wrong. You know it’s wrong, the Spirit within you tells you it’s wrong, but what do you do?
King Saul is in hot pursuit of David, ready to kill him as soon as he reaches him. One of the priests didn’t realize that David was running from the king and gave him food and weapons for the journey he was on. When Saul found out about this he was so filled with jealousy and evil, he demanded that his guards kill this priest and all his family (85 people in all). But the guards knew this was wrong and they refused.
Don’t compromise the truth no matter the consequence.
The Bible doesn’t say what happened to the guards for refusing to kill the priests, but for denying the king it could’ve meant death for them. Yet these men still chose to do what was right even if it took their life.
When we are asked to do something by someone in power over us that we know is wrong, it can be very hard to do what’s right. They could fire us, demote us, ostracize us, promote someone over us, unfriend us, despise us, even cause our life to feel like death. But the right thing is still the best thing because we will be right with God.
Earthly consequences for doing the right thing can be sharp but momentary, yet our heavenly reward for doing the right thing in a hard moment will last for eternity.
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? You practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor. You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. You love every harmful Word, you deceitful tongue! Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: he will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying, “here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!” But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God‘s unfailing love for ever and ever. For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.
Psalm 52
No matter the consequence, if the Holy Spirit is nudging me that saying yes to something is wrong, I will not do it. I can’t go against God. I don’t care what the consequence is for me this side of heaven. I’m not compromising the Truth.
I’m sure you like me, have been put into circumstances where you have to make a decision on whether to do the right thing and be right with God or doing the wrong thing but being right with man. If I know in my heart it’s wrong, I will do the right thing every time, but I’ve made mistakes. However, when I realize I’ve made a mistake, it weighs on my heart and like David, I ask God to forgive me and I repent….aka make things right even if it physically, mentally, and/or emotionally hurts.
Doing the right thing wins in the end every time! Don’t compromise the Truth.
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