DON'T HUMILIATE A GENERAL

The humiliation of a general can cause you trouble for years on end. That's what happened to David. There are so many stories of David's life that encourage or warn us. I was thinking about general Abner. He was the body guard to King Saul. David had about 300 ragtag men. Saul had 3000. Saul had chased David into a corner. When you are in a corner there is no where left to go and your response is either fight or flight. Saul stuck his sword in the ground. Abner placed a water pitcher beside it they lay down in the middle of 3000 troops and went to sleep. David snuck through the assembly and took Saul's sword and water jar. The next morning David publicly humiliated the general Abner. It was enough for the private humiliation between Abner and Saul when they woke and the things were gone but David had to publicly humiliate the body guard before his men and his King. Announcing to all that Abner had not done his job... how miserably he had failed in his service to the King. David never tried to hurt Saul because he was God's anointed. It would not have mattered if Saul had been surrounded by 200 body guards David still would have walked in and got his things because God was with him. David did not have victory in his own strength. We have spiritual generals all around us. We do not have to humiliate them by pointing out their weaknesses. God can handle it without our help. Just a thought Linda