FAITH CAPSULE: Communicate your belief through your behavior, be wise and be not foolish.

1 Samuel 18

It is written, “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1) If foolishness is the identity of the wicked then, exercising wisdom is the identity of those who fears God. King Saul was foolish in his action against David while David was wise in his response to King Saul. For many years, after it was glaring that David was going to become king, Saul relentlessly sought David’s life with attempt to kill David. By virtue of Saul’s foolish acts (evil agenda) towards David, the Bible recorded, “…David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.” (1 Samuel 18:30) David’s behavior was his belief. David’s behavior was his communication that there is God. David’s behavior was a declaration that God is true. Where there is declaration of God one is decorated with the presence of God. With God’s presence there is preservation and deliverance from every form of evil occurrence. What is your communicating behavior? Our life style is our belief and it is not possible to believe in God and behave foolishly. An acclaimed believer with a foolish behavior is an evidence of wrong or false confession of being a believer. David behaved wisely and he consistently escaped every wicked agenda that was set up against him by Saul.
In one of Saul’s attempt to kill David, Saul refused dowry from David to marry his daughter by requesting one hundred foreskins of the Philistines. David went and came back victorious by meeting the demand of Saul. The Bible recorded Saul’s reaction to David’s victory against the Philistines, “Thus Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him; and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually. Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.” (1 Samuel 18:28-30) Wise behavior in David is the testimony of what God can do through any vessel that fears Him.
David continually progressed when he was behaving wisely and no evil could touch his life. Every trap that could cut the life of David short failed. David’s life is a confirmation of the word of Proverbs 10:27 which states, “The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.” He lived wisely because of the fear of God in him and he was able to outlive his entire line of enemies. Saul lived foolishly and died a foolish death. Believe in God, communicate your belief through your behavior, be wise and be not foolish.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of behaving wise in all your ways in the coming days.