(1Sam. 18:5) "And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him,and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants." The Lord would like all of us to have a close relationship with Him, but unless we are willing to walk with Him in complete obedience, we can't. David was not a superhuman man, but he was a man that desired to know the Lord more than anything else in this life. David was; 1) Obedient. (1 Kings 15:5) tells us that the only time that he wasn't right in the eyes of the Lord, was in "the matter of Uriah the Hittite," when he killed Uriah to hide his adulterous affair with Bathsheba. But even after his sin was discovered he repented and walked with God again. David was; 2) Observant. Meaning that he followed God's instructions to the letter, unlike King Saul who only followed God’s will when it was convenient with his plans. In fact, the blessing of God was removed from Saul because he thought God's commandments to be optional. Therefore “Behaving oneself wisely” is nothing more than doing what God commands every time, and all the time. For God's blessing will follow those that obey His Word!
