Who are your enemies? Everyone has at least one. What did you do to earn their animosity? I have to admit I come by some of my enemies honestly. Then there are others…people who have just decided they don’t like me because I’m me. I honestly don’t know what I did or do or am that makes them look on me with “ick”.
David was a man of many enemies. He earned some of his foes and then others like Nabal and the Ziphites just hated David for being David.
Here’s what I see in today’s chapters:
I Samuel chapter 25 sermon topics/titles:
1. When Greatness Makes You Stupid: I SAm. 25:1-38
2. Being a Peacemaker In the House Of a Fool: I Sam. 25: 14-38
3. Letting the Lord Plead Your Cause: I Sam. 39-44
I Samuel chapter 26 sermon topics/ titles:
1. When It Seems Like Everyone Hates You: I Sam. 26:1-25
2. Counting Coup: I Sam. 26: 1-13
3. Offering Peace: I Sam. 26:13-25
What do you do when there’s no making peace?
“Letting the Lord Plead Your Cause” sometimes this is very hard but I found you must do it in order to have peace. Here’s what I saw in these chapters.
1 Samuel 25
1. Let His justice prevail over their evil acts. 1 Sam 25:15
2. If you are His then is the battle not ours? 1 Sam 25:28
3. You must let Him avenge your enemies. 1 Sam 25:39
1 Samuel 26
1. Don’t let emotions mess with His timing. 1 Sam 26:8-10
2. Guard the house of the anointed one at all times! 1 Sam 26:11-16
3. Don’t just say the words, prove them. 1 Sam 26:21