灵命日粮 - 2005年3月31日
读经: 撒母耳记上18章1-5节

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金句: 「扫罗无论差遣大卫往何处去，他都做事精明……众百姓……无不喜悦。」（撒母耳记上18章5节）

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全年读经: 撒母耳记上17-20章  

在撒母耳记上18章，作者有四次提到大卫「做事精明」（5、14、15、30节）。事实上「大卫比扫罗的臣仆做事精明，因此他的名被人尊重」（30节）。
这里的「被人尊重」包含着一种不寻常的敬意，大卫被所有百姓尊崇，更重要的是，他被扫罗宫廷的人高度敬重，因他有高尚品格。

一旦基督徒因顺服上帝的话语，而认识主耶稣时，他们便会开始表现优质的品格，使他们跟别人不一样。因为真正的智慧是活得像耶稣，它不只是个普通常识，而是非凡的行为。

雅各书曾说：「惟独从上头来的智慧，先是清洁，后是和平，温良柔顺，满有怜悯，多结善果，没有偏见，没有假冒」（3章17节）。这条使我们穿过世界的恩典之路，惟有「从上头来。」

大卫的经验能够成为你我的经验，上帝给他的应许，对今日的信徒也是真实的。祂说过：「我要教导你，指示你当行的路」（诗篇32篇8节）。

我们正在学习有智慧地行事吗？DHR


效法耶稣，我歌咏，
在群众里，家庭中；
效法耶稣，慎始终，
我要效法，主耶稣。Rowe


我们的品性与行为一样坚固。
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Wise Behavior



Read:1 Samuel 18:1-5
David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. . . . And he was accepted in the sight of all the people. —1 Samuel 18:5


Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 17-20

Four times in 1 Samuel 18, the writer tells us that David "behaved wisely" (vv.5,14,15,30). In fact, he behaved "more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed" (v.30).

The phrase "highly esteemed" suggests an unusual respect. David was honored by all the people, but more significantly he was highly respected by those in Saul's court who were impressed by his noble character.

As Christians come to know Jesus through obedience to His Word, they will begin to display qualities of character that set them apart from others, for true wisdom is to live like Christ. It is more than common sense; it is uncommon behavior.

James said, "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy" (3:17). This gracious way of making our way through the world can come only "from above."

David's experience can be our experience. God's promise to him is also true for believers today. He said, "I will instruct you [cause you to be wise] and teach you in the way you should go" (Psalm 32:8).

Are we learning to behave wisely? —David Roper


Be like Jesus, this my song,
In the home and in the throng;
Be like Jesus, all day long!
I would be like Jesus. —Rowe
© 1912, 1940, The Rodeheaver Co.

Our character is only as strong as our behavior.