Be Careful Who You Listen To - May 25, 2024 DD

"Be careful who you listen to. You might be starting problems when really, it should have been the start of blessings." Today's reading from 2 Samuel 10 teaches us that as victory requires many counselors, we should be cautious on who we entrust our decisions for from our plans will flow the course of our destiny.

2 Samuel 10:1-4 NLT
Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king. 2 David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death.
But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon, 3 the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!” 4 So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame.