IF you feel your Boss doesn’t like you, that’s not too bad.
David’s Boss, King Saul, wanted him dead. (When he practised spear throwing, he liked David to help him—as his Target.).
He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice. (1 Samuel 18:6-10 NIV)
What did David do? He avoided him.
We need to learn to do that in the face of abuse.
Are you being abused? You need to learn to do what David did—leave the area of harm.
But what I found amazing in this story was that David didn’t take revenge.
One day, King Saul, with his armies, was chasing after David to kill him. Somewhere along the way, he did a “number two” in a cave. (I swear this story is in the Bible. You’d think the author would skip this part, but nah…) While Saul was doing his thing, possibly distracted because he was reading a magazine, David came from behind, and instead of slicing off his head as his friends was egging him to, he sliced off a piece of his robe—and sneaked away.
Moments later, David stood afar, waved the cut piece of Royal cloth and told the King, “Do you need something to clean your butt?”
Just kidding. Though if I was David, I’d really say it.
David said, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you. (1 Samuel 24:12 NIV)
Let me paraphrase. He said, “I’m not bad. You’re bad. And I won’t be like you. I’ll do good because I’m good.” David healed his pain by love.
Today, God is inviting you to do the same: To heal your hurts with love.
Sometimes, Surgery Is Necessary
My big message today is Let love heal you.
In the Bible story we read above, David eluded Saul’s spear twice (1 Samuel 18:10). He didn’t stick around when the pointed object flew towards him. And after that day, David lived far from Saul.
Here’s my point: Some people, even if they see a spear flying towards them, just sit there and do nothing. As the weapon slices through the air towards them, they close their eyes, stretch out their arms, and shout, “Come, my darling!”
I repeat: There are people who collect hurts. There are people who look for them. They suffer verbal, emotional, and physical abuse from others, but because they’re in denial, they don’t acknowledge that they’re being abused.
There are times when you really need to cut off abusive people who are hurting you. You need to cut off all communication with them. To avoid them as much as you can.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
