The Reaction To A Blameless Life
Holy Moly! I discovered that when you have established in your heart that you will walk blamelessly before our Lord — living a way that pleases the Lord — some of those around you will be upset. In fact, I will go so far as to say that those who are in rebellion to the Lord, will be afraid of you and even despise you. Fellow Christians, who are living lukewarm or compromised lives, are going to be flat-out repelled by your life! Watch and see!
We can see this in Saul’s reaction to David:
In the case of David, his blameless behavior struck fear in Saul’s heart! Whenever Saul was around David, he remembered when he had enjoyed the favor of God and the high esteem of men. But sadly, Saul’s disobedience, envy, pride and self-will had cost him all of his power with his God. He also lost all respect from the people.
Now, Saul was face-to-face with a younger man — much less experienced, probably less articulate — who exuded the power and integrity of holiness. David was pure in heart, full of the Holy Spirit, and Saul was afraid of him! I talked about the obvious differences between them, before, in Saul and David: Or Punishment vs: Correction, but we need to remember that this was no idolatrous pagan who was afraid of David. No, Saul was a man who had once known the power of the Holy Spirit! He had once been God’s anointed, a mighty man chosen of God!
But in the life of David, he was simply living a clean life, and the Lord was pouring favor on him! “Everyone in Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in and out of battle” (I Samuel 18:16). Amazing!
David was a complete unknown; a lowly shepherd who was insignificant even in his family. Yet, Saul did not want to be around Him. Scripture says, “Saul kept him out of his sight” (I Samuel 18:13).
Sadly, Saul represents Christians who have compromised and lost the anointing of God on their lives. At one time, they may have been full of the Holy Spirit, baptized, on fire for the Lord, but through their disobedience, pride and lust they lost everything they once knew.
I cannot imagine anything that is scarier to a compromised Christian than a holy blameless life. And the more your life lines up with the Lord’s will and His holiness, the more repelling you will become to backslidden believers.
Nickolas
We can see this in Saul’s reaction to David:
“Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with David but had left Saul. So he kept David away. He made David captain of a regiment. David led the troops out to battle and back again. He was successful in everything he undertook because Yahweh was with him. Saul noticed how very successful he was and became even more afraid of him.” (I Samuel 18:12-15).Wow! Was that fair? Of course, it wasn’t. But that is what will happen when like Bunyan’s young Christian, you “put his fingers in his ears and run on, crying Life! Life! Eternal Life!”
In the case of David, his blameless behavior struck fear in Saul’s heart! Whenever Saul was around David, he remembered when he had enjoyed the favor of God and the high esteem of men. But sadly, Saul’s disobedience, envy, pride and self-will had cost him all of his power with his God. He also lost all respect from the people.
Now, Saul was face-to-face with a younger man — much less experienced, probably less articulate — who exuded the power and integrity of holiness. David was pure in heart, full of the Holy Spirit, and Saul was afraid of him! I talked about the obvious differences between them, before, in Saul and David: Or Punishment vs: Correction, but we need to remember that this was no idolatrous pagan who was afraid of David. No, Saul was a man who had once known the power of the Holy Spirit! He had once been God’s anointed, a mighty man chosen of God!
But in the life of David, he was simply living a clean life, and the Lord was pouring favor on him! “Everyone in Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in and out of battle” (I Samuel 18:16). Amazing!
David was a complete unknown; a lowly shepherd who was insignificant even in his family. Yet, Saul did not want to be around Him. Scripture says, “Saul kept him out of his sight” (I Samuel 18:13).
Sadly, Saul represents Christians who have compromised and lost the anointing of God on their lives. At one time, they may have been full of the Holy Spirit, baptized, on fire for the Lord, but through their disobedience, pride and lust they lost everything they once knew.
I cannot imagine anything that is scarier to a compromised Christian than a holy blameless life. And the more your life lines up with the Lord’s will and His holiness, the more repelling you will become to backslidden believers.
Nickolas
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