People react angrily when they are criticized. Rightly or wrongly, people reject people who confront them with their errors.
But David has a different heart. When a prophet of God or a righteous person confront him of the error of his way, he says:
Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
But David has a different heart. When a prophet of God or a righteous person confront him of the error of his way, he says:
Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
As a king, he has the power to have any criticism stopped, even by the death of those who dare insult the king. The security of the state relies on the confidence of the people that their leader is doing that which is right.
But David's heart is easily smitten.
When people give you a bad assessment, do you consider that it might be from the Lord, that it might be a blessing that you were criticized instead of praised?
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