Take God at His Word.... Please.

Why is it that some Christ followers believe only what they want to believe in God's word?
Like, for instance, they believe God created the Earth and the star, the moon, the sun and man.
They believe the old stories of the Bible; like the story of Moses, Elisha and Elija, King David, King Solomon, King Saul, Daniel and many more. However, they don't believe certain things that God says.

The Bible not only teaches us the history of the past, but through that history, the Bible teaches us about who God is. And one thing he is not: A liar.

So why don't we believe him when he says that vengance belongs to him. He will take revenge upon those who have harmed his beloved. Why do some Christ followers seem to believe they can take it upon themselves to do the work of the Lord; revenge and spitefulness. It doesn't make sence to me.

God calls certain people his anointed ones. Those he has chosen; like kings and priests and even preachers of today. So your preacher or priest or whatever you call him (the man of the cloth) is God's anointed one.

Below is a story from the books of I and II Samuel about David and King Saul. I tool some snit-bits out. Read carefully how David understood the meaning of God's anointed and his actions. Even though his life was in danger; even though he was hated; even though others thought he had the right to take a life.

I Sam 24:3-10; 26:7-13; 26:21-25 and II Sam 1:13-16
At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding in that very cave!
"Now's your opportunity!" David's men whispered to him. "Today is the day the Lord was talking about when he said, `I will certainly put Saul into your power, to do with as you wish.' " Then David crept forward and cut off a piece of Saul's robe. But then David's conscience began bothering him because he had cut Saul's robe.
"The Lord knows I shouldn't have done it," he said to his men. "It is a serious thing to attack the Lord's anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him."

So David sharply rebuked his men and did not let them kill Saul. After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way, David came out and shouted after him, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him. Then he shouted to Saul, "Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you? This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn't true. For the Lord placed you at my mercy back there in the cave, and some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, `I will never harm him-he is the Lord's anointed one.'

So David and Abishai went right into Saul's camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the warriors were lying asleep around him. "God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!" Abishai whispered to David. "Let me thrust that spear through him. I'll pin him to the ground, and I won't need to strike twice!" "No!" David said. "Don't kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the Lord's anointed one? Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he will die in battle or of old age. But the Lord forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But I'll tell you what-we'll take his spear and his jug of water and then get out of here!" So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul's head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul's men into a deep sleep.

Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong." "Here is your spear, O king," David replied. "Let one of your young men come over and get it. The Lord gives his own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the Lord placed you in my power, for you are the Lord's anointed one. Now may the Lord value my life, even as I have valued yours today. May he rescue me from all my troubles." And Saul said to David, "Blessings on you, my son David. You will do heroic deeds and be a great conqueror." Then David went away, and Saul returned home.

(after Saul was found dead, one of David's men took the credit for Saul's death - read what happens to the guy ... and he didn't even kill Saul, he only found him dead and lied about it)Then David said to the young man who had brought the news, "Where are you from?" And he replied, "I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land." "Were you not afraid to kill the Lord's anointed one?" David asked. Then David said to one of his men, "Kill him!" So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him. "You die self-condemned," David said, "for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord's anointed one."

God doesn't play around.
Those of you who have something to say or do with respect to those around you that God has appointed over you; His anointed one; be careful.
Maybe you don't like what happened in your life.
Maybe you don't think something was fair.
Maybe you don't agree with someone whom God has anointed.
Maybe you have hardened your heart toward certain people.
Maybe you have hatred towards an anointed one because you feel as though you have been wronged.
Maybe someone, according to the gospel of you, has wounded you.
Maybe you believe you have a case and your actions are in some ways justified.

Let me just say this: It ain't your place; it's God's, hand it over; give it up.
However, there is still hope for you.
It's not too late.
Repent for your wrong doing and stop atttacking the anointed ones in your life.
Whether you like the situation you are in or not; there is nothing you can do about it.
Pray to ask God to forgive you for what you have said, what you may have done.
Ask God to forgive you for not trusting him.
Ask God to reveal the truth to you.
Ask God to restore you and take your bitterness and anger away.
Ask God to soften you; tenderize you; take the two by four out of your eye.
Ask God to give you patience to see His will be done; not your own.

Take God's word for what it is; truth.
Take the story of David seriously and trust that God knows what he is doing; even if those he has appointed over you (or had at some point in your life and you are still angry about it) are making your life a living hell, like David.

Please. I can only feel sorry for you when God finally takes action; takes vengance upon you
And he will; no doubt.
Trust God as David trusted God.Please. Take God at his word.