"Making Way," a reflection based on 1 Samuel 17:55-18:9
When is it time to make way for someone else to step into a position of authority? When is it time for you to step into a new role? How does is the story of Saul, David, and Jonathan relevant to our lives? What role does jealousy and pride play in our perceptions?
1 Samuel 17:55-18:9
When Saul saw David go out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Whose son is this boy, Abner?" Abner said, "By the soul of the king, if I knew . . . ? Then the king said, "You ask whose son the stripling is." As David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you boy?" And David answered, "I am the son of your slave Jesse the Bethlehemite."
Now it happened by the time David finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took David that day and would not permit him to return to the house of his father. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul. So Jonathan stripped off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor and even his sword, and his bow, and also his belt. David went out and in all to which Saul sent him was successful; then Saul placed him over the warriors. And it was good in the eyes of all the people, even in the eyes of the slaves of Saul.
And it was as they were coming back, when David returned from smiting the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel to sing with the dances to meet King Saul with hand drums, with rejoicing, and with musical instruments. And the women sang in response to each another as they reveled, "Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands."
"And Saul raged, hot; this saying was evil in his eyes. And he said, "They gave to David ten thousands and to me they gave thousands. There is only the throne left for him!" So it was that Saul eyed David from that day on.
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