When Absalom revolted against Kind David, his dad, David was force to flee Jerusalem, along the way they met a man, a descendant of King Saul, who cursed Kind David, threw rocks and dust at David and his army. Some of the leader of David's army wanted to go take that "dog's" head off, but David said, "No, what if he is cursing because the Lord told him to curse David?" "It may be that the Lord will see my distress today and his cursing of me and repay me with good."
King David was such an honorable man. He was not perfect, but his heart was right. In fact he was called a man after God's own heart. How many of us in our affliction, will just sit back and let it come? How many of us when cursed, ask the Lord to see us and repay us kindness for this cursing? How many of us when affliction comes, allow it to work the peaceable fruits of righteousness in us? How many of us think of how our situation helps us identify with what the Lord has gone thru for us?
Of course no affliction at the time seems joyful, but let it have its way with us, that we might learn patience and to be identified with Jesus. Become a man or woman of honor. Remember how King David reacted to someone cursing at him, throwing rocks and dust, one of the first instances of "road rage" in the Bible.
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