Honoring Authority

 Scripture:

“Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him. “You have condemned yourself,” David said, “for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord’s anointed one.”” ‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Observation:

An Amalakite came to David with the news that Saul was dead. David asked how he knew and the man told him that he saw Saul leaning on his own spear and that Saul could not have lived. He said that Saul told him to please kill him and put him out of his misery, so he did as Saul asked. David’s response was to kill the Amalakite because he confessed to killing the Lord’s anointed. Saul was terrible to David and pursued him to kill him, but David refused to kill Saul because the Lord had anointed him.

Application:

There is something to be said about respecting those who have been anointed of the Lord. We should honor those in authority because God put them there. We should show respect for those in authority because they are appointed by God. This goes for positions at work, in the church, in the government, etc. Scripture tells us to honor all authority because God put them over us. We must relearn the priority of submitting to authority and honoring those above us. David took it extremely seriously and we should as well.

Prayer:

Lord God Almighty, help me to honor and respect those in authority in my life. Teach me to be wise in how I speak about authority, whether they are good or bad. Show me daily how to walk in humility as David did, trusting You to put authorities in my life that I need. My trust is in You.

Yours Forever,

Jeff