I’m not quite done dwelling on the whole “cave” symbolism from this past weekend. Here’s one last thought I didn’t have time to really unpack during our lesson.

 

David, while doing the right thing by not killing Saul when he had the chance, paved the way for an even more amazing destiny. Yes, he could have forced his way to the throne, but the way David handled himself and the way his integrity and character surfaced in the years leading up to his eventual crowning, made the people love him all the more.

 

The choices he made when no one was looking paved the way for the choices he would later make when everyone was looking.

 

Do the right thing. It matters. Not just now, but for a long, long time.