And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! II Samuel 16:5
We see people reacting very often. They hear others say something about them, they react by words or actions. Reaction is not good. They react only when they don't have anything to act upon. When do people react, when they are empty from inside and they lack knowledge about themselves. When they are empty they will not have self control so they will flow with the situations and with what others say about them. They try to please everyone around them and get their approval. When they are pleasing people and consider people's opinion as the final verdict of their life, they have no option left but to react. Their lives are based so much on others that they start seeing their lives through others eyes.
We see people reacting very often. They hear others say something about them, they react by words or actions. Reaction is not good. They react only when they don't have anything to act upon. When do people react, when they are empty from inside and they lack knowledge about themselves. When they are empty they will not have self control so they will flow with the situations and with what others say about them. They try to please everyone around them and get their approval. When they are pleasing people and consider people's opinion as the final verdict of their life, they have no option left but to react. Their lives are based so much on others that they start seeing their lives through others eyes.
David was just the opposite of this and hence he was in a better position to cast down all wrong talks against him. He had faced many such issues from his parent and brothers who never considered him to be good/capable to do something in life. They only that he is naughty and can't make his own life. He had heard all such thoughts daily. Daily his family would put him down by words. They never put confidence in David. His family showed David that he is not capable, he is not skilled, the work he is doing is only because he can't do anything better. What was it that gave David to be confident so much that he could rise up to be a king and handle the affairs of the country without any problems. The only reason was David built himself on the word of God. He looked at himself not through the eyes of people but through the eyes of God. He was so full of the word of God that he never became bitter or negative towards his family. He was so full of the word of God that he only praised God and sang songs to God. This showed that David never built his life on the words of people but God and God alone. Hence he never reacted and never lost control. He had his confidence back him up. Build yourself on the word of God and confidence will back you up. Praise God continuously and see yourself through the eyes of God and not people. Amen!
– Jimsen & Sneha
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