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Better Than Revenge Series Contributed by David Owens on Feb 16, 2009 (message contributor) Summary: In this lesson we see David put in two situations where he could enact revenge on Saul. In both cases he does not take matters into his own hands, but trusts in the Lord. We learn the lesson that we can experience something better than revenge. Introduction: One day an elderly lady was getting ready to pull her Cadillac into a parking space when a young man whipped into her spot in his red sports car. He got out and she put her window down and said, “Who do you think you are, Sonny?” The young man replied, “I’m young and I’m fast, Old Lady.” He proceeded to go into the store. When he returned to his car, he found the elderly lady ramming her caddy into his sports car over and over again. Horrified, he said to her, “Lady, who do you think you are and what are you doing?” She replied, “I’m old and I’m rich and I’m getting even.” The story is told of a soldier who was fighting over in Iraq who received a letter from his girlfriend that said she was breaking up with him. In the letter she also asked for him to return the picture of herself that she had given him, because she needed it for her bridal announcement. The soldier was heart broken and told his friends about the breakup and about her request. Someone came up with this idea – the whole platoon gave him pictures of all of their girlfriends and told him to send them to his ex-girlfriend with this note – “For the life of me, I can’t remember which picture is yours, so please remove your picture from all of these pictures I’m sending and return the rest of them to me!” What these two stories have in common is that they both involve vengeance. Our natural inclination when someone hurts us is to try to get revenge by hurting them back. Some people hold to the philosophy, “I don’t get mad, I get even!” Many people believe that revenge is sweet, but is it really? The truth that I want to emphasize today is that the people of God do not retaliate. The people of God do not seek vengeance and do not take revenge into their own hands. The people of God experience something better than revenge – they experience the blessing and justice of the Lord. In the midst of their righteous behavior, they experience the peace that passes understanding. If ever there was someone who had a right to take vengeance into his own hands, it was David. As we have been seeing in our recent sermons, David has been conducting himself with humility, and integrity. But Saul is no longer walking with God and is obsessed with jealousy and a determination to eliminate David. So, as we have seen, David is on the run, and Saul is in close pursuit. The Story And so we pick up the story at the end of 1 Samuel 23. The Bible says, “Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David. Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, a messenger came to Saul, saying, ‘Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.’ Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth (which means rock of parting). And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.” You will notice on this map that the location of En Gedi is on the west shore of the Dead Sea. The name “Engedi” means “spring of the goat.” It was an oasis in the desert wilderness, where there were fresh water springs, waterfalls, lush vegetation, and countless caves in the rockly limestone cliffs. It was a perfect hideout for David with its supply of water and being a high place provided a natural lookout where he could see the enemy coming from miles around. Let’s continue the story. The Bible says, “After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, ‘David is in the Desert of En Gedi.’ So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave.” Related Media SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide
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1 शमूएल अध्याय 23 मानिसहरूले दाऊदलाई भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, पलिश्तीहरूले कीलाको शहरमाथि आक्रमण गरिरहेका छन्। खलाबाट तिनीहरूले अन्न लूट्न शुरू गरे।” 2 दाऊदले परमप्रभुलाई सोधे, “के मैले पलिश्तीहरू विरूद्ध युद्ध गर्न जानु?”परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले दाऊदलाई भन्नु भयो, “जाऊ र पलिश्तीहरूमाथि जाइ लाग अनि कीला शहरको रक्षा गर।” 3 तर दाऊदका मानिसहरूले भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, हामी यहाँ यहूदामा डराएर बसिरहेका छौ। साँच्चै पलिश्ती सेनाहरू अघि पुग्दा हामी झन् ज्यादा डराउने छौं।” 4 दाऊदले फेरि परमप्रभुलाई सोधे अनि परमप्रभुले जवाफ दिनुभयो, “कीलामा जाऊ। म पलिश्तीहरूलाई हराउन म सहयोग गर्ने छु।” 5 यसरी दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू कीलामा गए। दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू पलिश्तीसँग लडे। दाऊदका मानिसहरूले पलिश्तीहरूलाई हराए अनि तिनीहरूका पशु लिए। यसरी दाऊदले कीलाका मानिसहरूलाई बँचाए। 6 जब एबीयातार भागेर दाऊदकहाँ पुगे तिनले आफूसँग एउटा एपोद पनि लगेका थिए। 7 मानिसहरूले शाऊललाई अहिले दाऊद कीलामा छ भनेर सुनाए। शाऊलले भने, “परमेश्वरले दाऊदलाई मेरा हातमा सुम्पिनु भएको छ। दाऊद फन्दामा परेकोछ। उ यस्तो शहरमा पस्यो जहाँ ढोकाहरू छन् र ढोकाहरूमा ताला लगाउने बारहरू छन्।” 8 शाऊलले आफ्ना सारा सेनाहरूलाई लडाईकोलागि भेला गराए। ती सेनाहरू कीलामा दाऊदका मानिसहरूसँग युद्ध गर्न तयार रहे। 9 शाऊलले दाऊदको विरूद्धमा बनाएको योजना उसलाई थाहा भयो। दाऊदले पूजाहारी एबीयातारलाई भने, “एपोद ल्याऊ।” 10 दाऊदले प्रार्थना गरे, “हे परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, मैले सुनें कि मेरो कारण शाऊलले यो शहर नष्ट गर्ने योजना बनाउँदैछ। 11 के साँच्चै हुन आउँछ? के किलाका मानिसहरूले म र मेरो मानिसहरूलाई शाऊलको हातमा सुम्पी देलान्? परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर, म तपाईंको दास हुँ। मलाई बताउँनुहोस्।”परमप्रभुले भन्नु भयो, “शाऊल यो हुन आउँछ।” 12 दाऊदले फेरि आफ्नो प्रश्न दोहोर्याए, “के कीलाका मानिसहरूले मलाई शाऊलका हातमा सुम्पिनेछन्?”परमप्रभुले भन्नु भयो, “तिनीहरूले त्यसै गर्नेछन्।” 13 त्यसर्थ दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरूले कीला छोडिदिए। दाऊदसँगै जानेहरू प्रायः 600 मानिस थिए। दाऊदको र उसका मानिसहरू एक ठाउँ देखि अर्को ठाउँ हुँदै घुमिरहे। शाऊलले दाऊद किलाबाट भागे भन्ने थाहा पाए। यसर्थ शाऊल त्यस शहरतिर गएनन्। 14 दाऊद मरूभूमिको किल्लामा बस्न पुगे। दाऊद जीपको मरूभूमिको पहाडी क्षेत्रमा गए। शाऊलले सधै नै दाऊदको खोजी गर्थे, तर परमप्रभुले शाऊलको हातबाट दाऊदलाई जोगाउनु हुन्थ्यो। 15 दाऊद जीपको मरूभूमिको होरेश भन्ने ठाउँमा थिए। त्यहाँ शाऊल दाऊदललाई मार्न आइरहेकाले तिनी साह्रै डराए। 16 तर शाऊलको छोरा जोनाथन दाऊदलाई भेट्न होरेश गए। जोनाथनले दाऊदलाई परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गर्न अझ जोड गरे। 17 जोनाथनले दाऊदलाई भने, “डराउनु पर्दैन। मेरा पिता शाऊलले तपाईंलाई हानि गर्ने छैनन्। तपाईं इस्राएलका राजा हुनुहुनेछ। मचाहिं तपाईं पछिको हुनेछु। यो कुरा मेरा पिताले पनि जान्दछन्।” 18 जोनाथन र दाऊद दुवैले परमप्रभु अघि एउटा बाचा-बन्धन गरे। त्यसपछि जोनाथन घरतिर लागे अनि दाऊद होरेशमानै बसे। 19 जीपका बासिन्दाहरू गिबामा शाऊललाई भेट्न आए। तिनीहरूले शाऊललाई भने, “दाऊद हाम्रै क्षेत्रमा लुकेरहेका छन्। ऊ हकीला पहाडको होरेश नाउँको किल्लामा छन्, जो यशीमोनको दक्षिणमा पर्छ। 20 अब, महाराज, तपाईं जहिले आए पनि हुन्छ। दाऊदलाई तपाईंको जिम्मा लगाउने काम हाम्रो भयो।” 21 शाऊलले जवाफ दिए, “परमप्रभुले मलाई सहायता गरेकोमा तिमीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिऊन्। 22 जाऊ र उसको बारे अझ जानकारी लेऊ। दाऊद कहाँ बस्छ थाहा गर। दाऊदलाई त्यहाँ कसले देख्छ त्यो पनि बुझिराख। शाऊलले मनमनै विचारे, ‘दाऊद साह्रै चलाक छ। उसले मलाई छक्याउन सक्छ।’ 23 दाऊद लुकेको ठाउँहरू पत्ता लगाऊ। त्यसपछि आएर मलाई वृतान्त बताऊ। त्यस पछि म तिमीहरूसित जानेछु। यदि दाऊद ती ठाँउहरूमा कतै छ भने यहूदाको प्रत्येक घरहरूमा छापामारेर म त्यसलाई पत्तालगाउँनेछु।” 24 अनि जीपका मानिसहरू जीपमा फर्किए पछि शाऊल त्यहाँ गए। दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू यशीमोनको दक्षिणमा भएको अराबाको माओन वनमा थिए। 25 शाऊल र तिनका मानिसहरू दाऊदको खोजीमा गए। तर मानिसहरूले दाऊदलाई होसियार गराए। शाऊलले तिमीलाई खोज्दै छ भनेर खबर दिए। त्यसपछि दाऊद माओनको मरूभूमिको तल चट्टानतिर गए। शाऊलले दाऊद माओनको मरूभूमितिर गएको कुरा थाहा पाए। यसरी शाऊल दाऊदको खोजीमा त्यस ठाउँतिर गए। 26 शाऊल पहाडको एकापट्टि थिए, त्यही पहाडको अर्कोपट्टि दाऊद र तिनका मानिसहरू थिए। दाऊद शाऊलको पञ्जाबाट बाँच्न हतारिदै थिए। शाऊल र उसका सिपाहीहरू दाऊदलाई पक्रन पहाडको चारैतिर घुमिरहेका थिए। 27 त्यत्ति नै बेला एउटा समाचार-वाहक शाऊल कहाँ आयो अनि जानकारी दियो, “चाँडो आउनुहोस् पलिश्तीहरूले हामीलाई आक्रमण गर्दैछन्।” 28 यसकारण शाऊलले दाऊदको पिछा गर्न छोडे अनि पलिश्तीहरूसँग लडन गए। यही कारण मानिसहरूले त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ “छुट्टयाउने चट्टान” भन्न थाले। 29 दाऊद माओनको मरूभूमि त्यागेर एनगदीको छेउको किल्लामा गए।