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June 25
Wednesday


WISDOM FROM
ABOVE

READ:
1 Samuel 24:1-10
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The wisdom that is
from above is first pure,
then peaceable.
__James 3:17
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If Kiera Wilmot had performed her experiment during her high school science class, it might have earned her an A. But instead she was charged with causing an explosion. Although she had planned to have her teacher approve the experiment, her classmates persuaded her to perform it outside the classroom. When she mixed chemicals inside a plastic bottle, it exploded and she unintentionally unsettled some fellow students.

The Old Testament tells the story of another case of peer pressure. David and his men were hiding form Saul in a cave when Saul entered (1 Sam. 24). David's companions suggested that God had delivered Saul to them, and they urged David to kill him (vv.4,10). If David killed Saul, they thought they could stop hiding and David could become king. But David refused to harm Saul because he was "the LORD's anointed" (v.).

People in our lives may sometimes suggest we do what seems most gratifying or practical in the moment. But there is a difference between worldly and spiritual wisdom (1 Cor. 2:6-7). Wisdom from above "is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy" (James 3:17). When others are urging us to take a certain course of action, we can invite God to influence our response. __Jennifer Benson Schuldt

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`````````````````````Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see````````````````````
`````````````````Christ only, always, living in me. __Polland````````````````
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One is truly wise who
gains his wisdom from above.

***************************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Samuel 24:1-10*****************************

1 Now it happened, when
Saul had returned from
following the Philistines,
that it was told him, saying,
"Take note! David is in the
wilderness of En Gedi."

2 Then Saul took three
thousand shosen men from
all Israel, and went to seek
David and his men on the
Rocks of the Wild Goats.

3 So he came to the
sheepfolds by the road,
where there was a cave; and
Saul went in to attend to his
needs. (David and his men
were staying in the recesses
of the cave.) 4 Then the men
of David said to him, "This
is the day of which the
LORD said to you, 'Behold,
I will deliver your enemy
into your hand, that you
may do to him as it seems
good to you.; " And David
arose and secretly cut off a
corner of Saul's robe.

5 Now it happened
afterward that David's heart
troubled him because he had
cut Saul's robe. 6 And he
said to his men, "The LORD
forbid that I should do this
thing to my master, the
LORD's anointed, to stretch
out my hand against him,
seeing he is the anointed of
the LORD." 7 So David
restrained his servants with
these words, and did not
allow them to rise against
Saul. And Saul got up from
the cave and went on his
way.

8 David also arose
afterward, went out of the
cave.... 9 And David said
to Saul: "Why do yo listen
to the words of men who
say, 'Indeed David seeks
your harm'? 10 Look, this
day your eyes have seen that
the LORD delivered you
today into my hand in the
cave, and someone urged
me to kill you. But my eye
spared you, and I said, 'I
will not stretch out my hand
against my lord, for he is
the LORD's anointed.' "