Today, I am reading and commenting on  1 Samuel 18-20.

After David defeated Goliath, as King Saul and his army, including David, returned to Gibeah, the women in the towns they passed through praised Saul, but praised David even higher.  King Saul became jealous of David.  Saul’s jealousy of David is evidence of his lack of faith in God.  If Saul had been a leader who put God first in his life, he would not have been bothered by someone else receiving greater honor from the people than he did.  A leader who is serving the Lord does not mind when others get the credit, or are seen as more important.  They are not even worried if it becomes obvious that someone else will replace them as leader.  A leader who is serving God only cares that the people they are leading also follow and worship God.   If they are the leader God desires for His people, God will keep them in that position.  If God removes them from that position of leadership, it is because God has someone better in mind for that position…and the leader who is serving God desires that the people they are leading have the best possible leader, even if it is not themselves.  On the other hand, David did not particularly seek honor, as evidenced by his unwillingness to marry King Saul’s older daughter.  It was only after Michal, Saul’s younger daughter, fell in love with David that he was willing to become King Saul’s son-in-law.  David sought to do God’s will and knew that he did not need to strive after the position God wanted him in because he knew that God would put him there when the time was right.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.