Asahel's Focus (2 Sam 1-3)

Asahel is one of most respectable person in the Bible, I couldn't ignore Asahel when I first saw his name in the Bible! Asahel demonstrated the most aligned focus ever when he kept chasing Abner without turning right or left to find some comfort!
"Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle. And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner... Abner said to him, 'Turn aside... and seize one of young men and take his spoil... turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground?'... But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back."
Abner is telling Asahel to find the comfort in the spoil and to stay safe, but Asahel refused! Asahel didn't look at the circumstances around him, but upon his mission! What a strong focus! If Peter had Asahel's focus, then Peter probably never drowned when he walked upon the water! We need that kind of focus, but our mission must be God-oriented mission not ours.

David had Asahel's focus in honoring God's anointed one. He never once harmed Saul! He cut off a corner of Saul's robe and felt a pang of guilt for dishonoring him. He stole Saul's spear without killing him. And now he "took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. And they morned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son." Even David told the Amalekite who claimed that he killed Saul, "'How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?' Then David called one of the young men and said, 'Go, execute him.' And he struck him down so that he died."

Can you count how many times Saul had betrayed David for his loyalty? Jesus told us to not forgive anybody seven times, but seventy times seven! David probably foretold what Jesus would say, so he forgave Saul and honored God's authority by honoring Saul. David's real focus isn't to honor Saul, but to honor God by honoring His anointed King Saul! Are we like God-oriented-Asahel in our lives? Are we honoring God in everything we do without looking at the circumstances around us?