David's Deadly Sin

Read 1 Samuel 22-25:1 Psalm 52, 63, 54
 
1 Samuel 21:1-3 David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?” 2 “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me. 3 Now, what is to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”
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1 Samuel 22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty-five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.
 
DAVID and Saul sin. Is one worse than the other? First, we see David lying to Ahimelech to get food and a weapon. Because of his lie, the priest helped David. Then Saul accused Ahimelech of plotting against him. When Saul’s soldiers refused his evil order to kill the priests, Saul used Doeg, the Edomite – a descendant of Esau – to kill all the priests and their families.
   Do you ever think a little lie is really little and makes no difference? We do because it is our nature. Satan’s lie began mankind’s fall into deceiving God and one another. As David fled from Saul, a lie was convenient for David to get what he wanted. Could David have been thinking, “Ahimelech doesn’t need to know everything, does he? My life is certainly worth a little lie.” David’s self-focus cost Ahimelech and hundreds of innocents.
   Saul’s fear is again a fatal flaw for himself, too. The lie, “I must destroy David!” captivated Saul’s mind, indeed, his life. Yes, a lie external or internal first creeps from place to place, from mind to heart to soul. If left unchecked it becomes a raging infection that consumes people one never intended to harm.
   Be sure of this: Whatever you do, good or bad, involves others. That’s why God commands us to love one another. We live in God’s truth for our good and this becomes others’ blessings. When you are a person who loves God and loves others, you will negate Satan’s lies. The Holy Spirit will use you to turn hearts and minds to the life Jesus has so personally demonstrated.
   So then, do you want to affect lives with deceit or with love?   
    
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.