I realize that many people remember David, not for the goodness of his character, but for the horrid blot that is recorded against him in the Bible. Well, two blots perhaps! The Bathsheba affair … and later the numbering the people of Israel.

But, especially as a young man, David’s character was pristine.

Once, and David may not have been where he should have, an enemy of Israel (a chief Philistine named Achish) said of our little hero, of David … “I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God.” David had been that good to the man (of questionable character) who was King of Gath! (I’ve quoted 1 Samuel 29:9.)

It’s one thing when a man’s friends speak well of him. It’s quite another for a man’s enemies to speak well of him! But that’s exactly what has occurred here!

Again, King Achish to David … “I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God.”

The adjective “good,” spelled “tob” in Hebrew, means “honest, fair, favorable, beneficial.”

Wow!

But look HOW good!

“As an angel of God!”

To this heathen King’s mind, his perception … David had done no wrong!

What a testimony!

Jesus warned us … “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!” Luke 6:26

Well, all men did NOT speak well of David. Saul’s crowd especially!

Now … Peter chimes in … “Have a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.”

Live right, everywhere you go!

Apparently, David did, at least as a young man.

Living like an angel!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

What a challenge!

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