Attending To His Needs

Good morning on this lovely white morning! Snow covers the ground like a blanket of the purest white. Now let's attend to the mundane like the Bible. Don't believe me? "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.)" (1 Samuel 24:3) There you have it: the basest human function documented in the Bible. It seems that the first king of Israel liked a little privacy when he attended to his needs. Unfortunately, he was also given to not paying attention much while doing so. Perhaps King Saul liked to peruse the latest copy of Jerusalem Weekly while attending to his needs. As we know from the rest of the story, David was able to sneak up on Saul and cut off a bit of the royal robes. Of course the basest of human needs isn't the point of the story or the moral of the parable.

Lessons abound from this story. Think you are down and out in life? David and his men had to hide out in the royal toilet...and he was already anointed king! Don't see your life going anywhere at the moment? An entire army had to wait on the road because the king needed a potty break. Of course, we usually learn the important lesson of wisdom and restraint from this tale. David did not take the opportunity to win his throne by murder, even when his followers urged him to do so. In the same way, Jesus our Lord did not always do those things His brothers and disciples at times urged Him to do. Sometimes the leader is in the lonely position of not doing that thing the disciples think is right at the time.

Stand strong in Christ today!

Bucky