WHY WAS DAVID ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL? Part 2

WHY WAS DAVID ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL? Part 2

            What was the difference between Saul and David?  Spence  put it this way.  "Saul was a man's man, David was God's."  The major difference seemed to be their very different attitudes toward God.  Saul disobeyed God by taking Agag the Amalekite king alive and by saving the best of the animals.  When the prophet Samuel faced him with the problem Saul lied when he said (I Sam. 15:13b) "I have performed the commandment of the LORD."  When the prophet Nathan faced David with his sin of adultery, David replied (II Sam. 12:13) ". . .I have sinned against the LORD."  As we can see, both men faced times of failure in their lives, but it seems that it was the difference in their attitudes that made the difference.

            So, the distinguishing difference between Saul and David was their attitudes toward God.  Both men made serious mistakes, but David admitted that he had sinned and that he need God’s forgiveness and cleansing.  David was successful because he sought God’s forgiveness rather than trying to rationalize his way out of his sin and mistake.  It is one thing for a Christian to make a mistake and thereby fall into sin, but it is another for that musician to try to rationalize his or her way out of that error.  So, if you need God’s forgiveness and cleansing, do not take the easy way out.  It isn’t a musician’s mistakes that ultimately control his or her destiny, but rather it is one’s relationship  and attitude toward God that will determine his or her ultimate success at the end of that musician’s life.