Who's doing the stirring?

One other thought regarding today's reading.

Who is it that is stirring and motivating your heart and your decisions? Saul was encouraged to keep pursuing David by his friends and advisers - he followed through on those stirrings even after pledging numerous times to allow David to go free.

David was stirred by friends and advisers to kill Saul on numerous occasions. He chose not to do that even though it made perfect sense.

God uses GODLY friends and family that are in our lives to affirm or challenge our stirrings, but they are just one piece of the puzzle. We must above all else seek God's wisdom and use other people as a sounding board always remembering that they are not God. Just because it makes sense to them, doesn't mean that it is from God.