Feeling Good
September 8, 2023
‘I feel good. ‘ Upbeat songs and friendly responses to questions remind us that we all prefer to ‘feel good.‘ I’ve been studying King Saul in I Samuel. He liked feeling good too. But his life was increasingly and sadly off track. Starting as a humble man who hid when he was to be appointed king, he became proud, impatient, and self-promoting. He preferred looking good before people over being good before God.
When tormented thoughts came, his servants recommended Davids music to make him ‘feel good.‘ Indeed it worked. I Samuel 16: 28. Saul would be relieved and ‘feel better.‘ Problem was, Saul did not change. Jealousy and self-promotion marked his life until death. The solution to Saul’s tormented thinking was obedience. A lesson we all would do well to remember.