I don't know if this is the right thread to post this in, but as I was sitting here thinking about King David, partially because this talk of anointing on AT triggered the opening reply here, and that discussion had references to David, and partially because I just quoted from Psalms 139 in the end of my post above which was written by David.
Anyway as I was reading that thread on AT, I read this: "please don't even try to compare King David with Danny Shelton. King David had his sin pointed out to him and he spent a week on his face in repentence. He admitted that he was wrong."
My first thought was, well please don't compare yourself or any other to the prophet Nathan either, for God told him what to say, and you aren't speaking for God and don't know all.
But then I calmed right down.. the thing is, I do believe all scripture was given by inspiration of God and as such is necessary and good for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. The word itself takes it even further "That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." Over and over the NT writers cite the stories and people and principles revealed in the OT as examples. We really need to take it all personally and apply it to ourselves and others, I believe, and I think that the psalms written by David are the songs of daily living, and inspiration. They record alot of what David went through, and what he was taught, and yes, when God (not man) pointed out his sin, he did repent,(
Psalm 51) but there are plenty of times other than that, where men jumped up and accused him and thought he should repent, and he did not. Why? He hadn't done what he was accused of... It started right away before he even slew the giant Goliath. His Dad told him to take food to his brothers, so he left his sheep with a keeper and obeyed his Dad, and his brother Eliab greets him with a false accusations and judgments: "Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle" It continued after he slew Goliath, at the Lord's bequest and according to his empowerment, for he was accused of pride and wanting to take the kingdom and rule...
I copied this from somewhere, and the author is unknown to me, my apologies but I remembered it and think it worth quoting:
Long ago, a desperate young man named David was falsely accused of treason and sought refuge at the spring of En-gedi. There was a huge price on his head. But there was love and faith toward God in his heart. During that time, an unnamed person who travelled through this area climbed the winding, steep roads leading out of the valley and went to Gibeah, to report to the king that he had seen this young fugitive and his small band of friends at the spring. The king, named Saul, quickly gathered 3,000 of his finest soldiers "to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats" (1Sam.24:2). And when he entered into a certain cave for a rest, King Saul came much closer to capturing David than he realized, for unknown to him, David and his friends had taken refuge from the king's approaching army in that very same cave and they were now cowering in the cave's shadows, at one point within arm's reach of the unsuspecting king.
"Kill him, David!" urged one of his men in whispered tones, "God has given your enemy into your hand!" But David could not.
"How can I lift my hand against a man upon whom God's anointing oil has been poured?" responded David. "God forbid that I should do harm to God's anointed."
So, David allowed the man who was seeking his life to escape unharmed. David's respect for the anointing of God saved him from sin, because it kept him from avenging himself. David would not try to save himself. He would not yield to the appealing spirit of self-preservation. He put his trust in God. King Saul attempted to murder David on several occasions, although David was Saul's bravest and most loyal officer. Now, he was pursuing David wherever he could find him. But why?
To find out, we must go back a few years to the victory parade which the people gave to King Saul and David, after David had slain the Philistine giant, Goliath. There was cheering, celebration, music and dancing that day in Israel, as the soldiers returned from the battle with all sorts of booty. The oppressors were driven away! Israel was saved!
The happy citizens of Israel had every right to be as joyous as they were. But it was along the route of the victory parade that Saul's heart was bitterly turned against young David, and it was caused by something over which David had absolutely no control. Along the roadside, beating their tambourines, happy women - excited that the Philistine giant had at last been killed - sang in joyous tones, "Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands."
"And Saul was wroth, and the saying displeased him. And he said `They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. And what can he have more but the kingdom?' And he eyed David from that day and forward. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit came upon Saul...and David played [music for the king] as at other times. And there was a javelin in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the javelin. For he said, `I will smite David even to the wall with it.' And David avoided out of his presences twice."
What was Saul really after? David? That is certainly what Saul believed he was chasing. But even David found that difficult to believe (1Sam.24:14). What was the point in killing David? Saul believed that if he killed David, he would be secure on the throne of Israel. But the truth was that as long as God wanted Saul to be king, there was no power on earth that could remove him from the throne. And, on the other hand, if God was displeased with Saul as king, there was nothing that could keep him on the throne, even the death of the man God had chosen to replace him. Saul had forgotten God, and was selfishly, foolishly trying to save himself. King Saul had continually displeased the Lord until, at last, the old prophet Samuel told him that God had rejected him as king. Rather than repent before the God of mercy, however, Saul sensed that David was the man whom God had chosen to replace him, and he was determined to stamp out the young man's life.
What a foolish notion! Saul was trying to kill David in order to prevent the word of God from coming true. In this instance, Saul could no more succeed in killing David than he could succeed in proving God to be a liar. David was hidden within the gates of God's word, and all that poor Saul could do was circle that figurative city, uttering vain curses - and threats which he could never carry out, though neither he nor David fully realized it yet.
This is what envy is and this is what envy does. It is hatred for those whom God has loved, and it attempts to destroy what God has built. It seeks to preserve self, without realizing that "safety is of the Lord." It senses who it is that carries the blessing of the Lord, and it conjures up plausible-sounding reasons to turn others against them. It is deceived and deceives others. It is cruel and implacable. It is, as Solomon said, "as rottenness in the bones".
"Where envy and strife is," wrote James, "there is confusion and every evil work." Confusion, because envy forgets that it is only by the hand of the Almighty that any man is any thing. When some tried to stir up envy in John the Baptist against Jesus, he responded, "No man can receive anything, except it be given to him from above. He must increase, but I must decrease."...
Ok, now having said all that, here is what I recalled as I sat here thinking over all, and actually wanted to post.
see next one...