Highly Valuing the Lives of Others

 We live in a time when people do not value life very highly at all. We hear about all kinds of senseless murders all of the time. People are proud to be in favor of abortion on demand because preborn life is not valued by most people. Even in everyday life people do not treat others well. It is very sad, and it is the opposite of what God commands.  

David was a warrior, but he knew the value of life. He especially valued the life of King Saul, since Saul was God's anointed king. So David did not take his opportunity to kill Saul, even though Saul was seeking to kill him. (I Samuel 26:24) David told Saul that just as he had highly valued Saul's life that day, he was asking God to highly value his life and to rescue him from all distress. This is a basic spiritual principle.

We all need to remember what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount. We are to do unto others, as we would have them do unto us. We call that the Golden Rule, because it is such a basic truth. God wants us to treat everyone else well all of the time. Therefore, we should never consider attacking someone in any way. We must decide to treat every life with the utmost respect.

Then, when we do God's will in this way, we can expect that God will see our obedience, and He will highly value our life. That is how God blesses us when we are a blessing to others. Also, He will rescue us from all of our distresses because He values our life. This doesn't mean we won't have distress in our life. It means that God will be with us and cause things to work out for our good, as we trust Him. That is what He did for David, and He will do the same for us today.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read I Samuel 27-29.