Please read the whole chapter and feel free to post a reply even before you read my thoughts. If you don't have a Bible with you, you can follow this link to the passage: 1 Samue 24
David is of course a wonderful example here for us of being merciful even when we are within our rights. Keep in mind that what David's companions said was true, God had promised to deliver David's enemies into his hand. David would have even been doing the "right" thing by killing Saul and taking the kingship that God had given to him, but David decides that Saul's wickedness is for God to avenge. Even Saul, by the end of this chapter, recognizes David's love and mercy. Ironically it is that mercy that causes Saul to recognize David kingship. This is a radical departure from how kings show there right to the throne, through power and force. It reminds me of another whose display of glory also did not come in power and destruction, but in humility and self-sacrifice.
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