Day 73 – We can only control our own decisions.
Todays Reading: 1 Samuel 22 – 26
1 Samuel 24:12 “May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.”
King Saul, out of jealousy, was going to pursue David no matter if there was a good reason or not. However, David would continually choose to take the high road and honor his King. More than once David had the chance to kill Saul and take over the throne that was promised to him, but each time the opportunity arose, David knew the Lord would take care of the situation and would let the opportunity pass.
David couldn’t control or even change Saul’s decisions, but he could control his own.
Often, when we deal with children, especially my own, they always want to defend the bad decision they made with what the “other” person did. But over and over again, I tell my children as well as other youth that I love, we can’t change the other person or their decisions, but we can decide in advance to make good decisions and choices for ourselves.
Even as adults want to be able to say, “Well this person did this, so I decided it was alright to do that,” but God asks us to treat others as we would like to be treated, not as they have treated us.
God will judge and have the final say; He will avenge what needs to be avenged, so we don’t need to retaliate. We must choose to love, even our enemies. We need to be kind, respectful, show mercy, and walk humbly with our God, so that we reflect Christ to a broken world. Then the “others” instead of fighting back will say, “What makes you so different? I want what you have.”
So, watch what YOU do and what YOU say because many “others” are watching you too, and maybe just maybe they will change their choice because of the witness you are.
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