Tallowood

How do you deal with difficult people? Who is acting as your enemy? If they were suddenly dropped in your hands, what would you do with them? David dealt with a number of difficult people during the years before he ascended Israel’s throne. King Saul was trying to kill him. Nabal insulted him, returning evil for good. God protected David not only from his enemies but also from taking their lives into his own hands. His choices point us to his descendant Jesus who loved his enemies and told us to do the same. Message based on 1 Samuel 24:8-17, 25:32-35, 26:8-11. Notes:Duane Brooks: When others try to harm us, we may take matters into our own hands, or place them in God’s hands.Lewis Carroll: “Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, "Let us both go to law: I will prosecute you.—Come, I'll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I've nothing to do." Said the mouse to the cur, "Such a trial, dear Sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath."