Silence is golden

Today I've been reading about the continuing story of Saul being made the first King of Israel. One of the things I love about this story is that Man demanded a King, but God chose him! Most of the people were happy with God's decision, however there were some people that weren't so keen! 


But some troublemakers said, "How can this fellow save us?" They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.


This is amazing. God knew the kind of person to choose to be King, even if he didn't want the Israelites to have a King. He chose a man of honour, a man that was head and shoulders above the rest, but some of the people didn't like him. How true is that? You can't please all of the people all of the time. There will always be someone that thinks they know better, or thinks they can do it better. But when all is said and done, God knows what he's doing. 
The great thing about Saul in this passage of scripture is the fact that even though these people didn't like him, and chose to disrespect him, Saul said nothing. 
We can learn a lot from this. To say nothing is better than to say something and make matters worst. It says in scripture to love one another, to love our enemies. It also tells us in Romans that by being kind to those who hate you that you will make them feel bad -
"If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. By doing those things, you will pile up burning coals on their heads."


We need to be more like Saul, we need to be more like Jesus and turn the other cheek when others hate us, or when others say things about us. We need to be Christ like and love those who don't love. Jesus came into the world for everyone. Jesus came into the world to die for all!