Teach Me How to Do Your WIll - GOD'S WILL WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DAVID

Another way that David showed that he was willing to trust in Jehovah was by viewing Israel's first king. Saul, the same way Jehovah did.  Saul was jealous of David. Three times he tried to kill David by throwing a spear at him.  But David moved our of the way each time, and he did not fight back against the king. He later had to run away from Saul. (1 Samuel 18:7-11; 19:10)  Then Saul chose 3,000 men out of all Israel and went looking for David in the wilderness. (1 Samuel 24:2) One day Saul went into a cave where David and his men were hiding. Because God had already said that David would be the new king. David could have viewed this as his chance to kill Sal.  (1 Samuel 16:1, 13)  David's men even encouraged him to kill Saul, but David said:  "It is unthinkable on my part, from Jehovah's standpoint, that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed of Jehovah." (Read 1 Samuel 24:4-7.) Saul was still God's anointed king. Jehovah had not yet removed Saul as king, so David did not want to remove him. Instead, David only cut off the shirt of Saul's sleeveless coat. This proved that David did not plan on harming Saul,  even though David could have killed him. - 1 SAMUEL 24:11. 

The last time David saw Saul, he again showed respect for him because he will still "the anointed of Jehovah." David and Abishai arrived at a place  where Saul was camping and found him asleep. Abishai even offered to kill Saul with a spear. But David did not allow this to happen.  (1 Samuel 26:8-11) Because David kept waiting on Jehovah, or seeking God's guidance, David did not want to harm Jehovah's appointed king despite what Abishai said.

We too might be in a situation where others want us to do what they think is best instead of supporting us in doing Jehovah's will. Or they want us to make a choice before we think about  how Jehovah views the situation.  That is what Abishai  did to David. To make sure that we do  not let people influences us this way,w e need to keep clearly in mind how  Jehovah views the situation and to be determined to do what he wants us to do.

David prayed to Jehovah God:  "Teach me your will." (Read Psalm 143:5, 8, 10) David did not rely on his own ideas, and he did not simply do what other people told him to do. Instead, he was eager to be taught by God. He said:  "I have meditated on all your activity; I willing kept myself concerned with the work of your own hands." Like David, we can find out what God's will is by studying the Scriptures, carefully and by meditating on how Jehovah guided humans in the past.

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