Respecting God's Anointed

[S] 1 Samuel 24:6-7 --
 ⁶So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD'S anointed."
 ⁷David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

[O] David did not overruled God's higher precedence of His anointing Saul even though he was filled with the desire of killing Saul in this opportune moment.  David seemed to struggle but he successfully separated his own desires from God's desires and submitted to God's leadership by acknowledging that Saul was God's anointed one and he was not going to touch him.  If it were me, I would have told myself -- this is God's provision for me to relieve myself from my enemies by arranging this perfect situation so I will certainly get rid of Saul.  In a nutshell I would've injected God's anointing right into my own desires for full justification of my actions.  However, David trusted God even in that "perfect" situation for him to take matters into his own hands because even though it did not make sense to him then, he trusted God knew what He was doing and He is eventually for David's best well being.

In verse 7, not only David submitted to God's leadership over his own desires, he also persuaded his men to do likewise.  I'm not sure which would be more difficult:  Yielding to God's leadership over mine, or to persuade a bunch of angry soldiers wanting to take advantage of the situation to kill King Saul.

[A] Honoring God's anointed is not led by emotions or feelings.  It's carried out by recognition of His covenant and first submitting to it regardless of how I feel at the moment.  Following spiritual leadership at home and church requires this type of submission if I trust that God had placed anointed leaders over my life through these two channels.  Hopefully I won't have to deal with with "Sauls" in my life as David did but even if I do my prayer is for me to be equipped to display such submission to follow God's ways.

[P] Dear God, in order to honor Your leadership in my life, I need to let go of my own desires and interpretations of circumstances I find myself in.  Please keep ingraining Your wisdom deep into my heart such that I will have discernments to see Your anointing vs. my own desires to take things into my own hands.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.