Which Door Will You Choose?
Which Door Will you Choose?
1Samuel 28: 15-18
II Samuel 7: 18-29
When I was growing up, there was a very popular television show called “Let’s Make a Deal” hosted by Monty Hall. The whole premise of the show was for the contestants to pick one of three doors and hopefully win really cool and neat stuff. Of course there was also the chance that the door they chose, would leave them with little or nothing to take home. You get the picture, right? The opportunity to pick a door or a course in life for the most part is up to you and I.
Saul and David had that same opportunity in their lives, didn’t they? Yet each took a different “door”. Saul constantly saw young David as a nemesis, which actually was hardly the case. In I Samuel 28:15-18 the text states that Saul nearing the end of his life, went to the extreme of seeking the assistance of a medium. He even went as far as to have the medium call back the spirit of Samuel. Saul and Samuel met face to face. Samuel asked Saul why he was calling him. Saul replied that he was under extreme distress. He recited a myriad of issues, chief of which was he felt God had pushed him aside.
Samuel replied to Saul, he (Samuel) was not the one to ask, as God was doing exactly what He said he would when he handed the leadership and the nation of Israel over to David and Saul knew it. It got to the point that Samuel told Saul of his impending death and that the nation and the army of Israel would be handed over to the Philistines. It was a choice, a door Saul himself chose.
In II Samuel 7:18-29 the text shows how David was genuinely thankful for all that God had done for him. Was he a perfect man, hardly by any stretch of the imagination? He had his faults as we all well know. David even admitted that to God. But he was a man who recognized the sovereignty of God over his life and he was thankful for it. He believed with all his heart, there was no one like God and he was glad to have him a part of his life, warts and all.
David knew his place under the dominion of God. It was one of being a servant and a leader. With all his faults David never forgot this. This was true as history bears repeating that David was in fact a ‘man after God’s own heart’. David knew his place and this is why I believe David was so successful even with all the negatives which surrounded him. David had learned to be a servant-leader realizing where and from whom his power emanated from. He too chose a door, albeit a different one than Saul.
It has been said that both David and Saul sought God’s forgiveness yet it was David not Saul who truly sought repentance for his actions and there is the difference in the two. So my question for you this week is: which ‘door ‘will you choose? Will it be a door of self-sufficiency like Saul or a door of sovereignty like David?
It is a question only you can answer and I pray you choose the right door. Until next week, remember it is a choice only you can make.
I pray you choose the right one.
Blessings to you,
