1 Samuel 24

Few things in life are as tempting as the opportunity for revenge. In today’s text, David faces this temptation. His opportunity for revenge comes slickly packaged in the wrappings of providence. It is as though God has delivered Saul to David for this very reason...to take his revenge...but is this an opportunity he must take or a temptation he must resist? This is what David has to decide thus he must struggle with determining God's will. Has God delivered Saul to him in order for David to kill him? Or is his own desire for revenge coloring his judgment so that he misreads the hand of providence?