An Amalek Shortie
II Samuel 1
Amalek seems to play a large part in the "Saul and David" saga. I was reading the part where an Amalekite comes up to David, holding Saul's crown, and claims to have finished him off. David angrily has him put to death, asking, "Were you not afraid to touch the Lord's anointed?"
No, he wasn't afraid. Remember, he was an Amalekite, and they are quite free from moral hang-ups. They have no fear of God and do whatever brings them the most gain. Of course, he really didn't kill Saul. He just wanted to ingratiate himself to David, perhaps hoping to get a reward.
Anyway. I read a little more closely and discovered that he was the "son of a stranger, an Amalekite." Yet he was with the camp of Israel. Perhaps he was the product of intermarriage between Israel and Amalek, which God had forbidden. Maybe this is another window to the heinousness of Saul's sin--Israel was befriending and intermarrying with Amalek, and God wanted it stopped!
Personal application here: Let us not accept what causes God's wrath and indignation. Let us not allow "little" sins and let our spiritual borders become fuzzy (intermarry with Amalek). Let us be valiant for the truth, and not sin in refusing to completely purge evil from our lives.
Amalek seems to play a large part in the "Saul and David" saga. I was reading the part where an Amalekite comes up to David, holding Saul's crown, and claims to have finished him off. David angrily has him put to death, asking, "Were you not afraid to touch the Lord's anointed?"
No, he wasn't afraid. Remember, he was an Amalekite, and they are quite free from moral hang-ups. They have no fear of God and do whatever brings them the most gain. Of course, he really didn't kill Saul. He just wanted to ingratiate himself to David, perhaps hoping to get a reward.
Anyway. I read a little more closely and discovered that he was the "son of a stranger, an Amalekite." Yet he was with the camp of Israel. Perhaps he was the product of intermarriage between Israel and Amalek, which God had forbidden. Maybe this is another window to the heinousness of Saul's sin--Israel was befriending and intermarrying with Amalek, and God wanted it stopped!
Personal application here: Let us not accept what causes God's wrath and indignation. Let us not allow "little" sins and let our spiritual borders become fuzzy (intermarry with Amalek). Let us be valiant for the truth, and not sin in refusing to completely purge evil from our lives.
posted by Emily at 7:06 AM
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