"Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were. But all the evil men and troublemakers among David’s followers said, 'Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.'" vv.21-22
Read chapter 30
Interestingly the men that went to battle with David are describe the evil men and troublemakers of David's followers. These weren't just the "good" ones of society but seemed more like the difficult ones. Just like Jesus' earthly ministry, His followers were not the "perfect" Jews and Gentiles but the ones that were more difficult in society's eyes.
The men that stayed back didn't do so by choice but mere necessity being unable to travel. Yet those that didn't grow faint complained about the ones that did thinking they were undeserving of the plunder. Greed is the cause for their actions. How easy it is to compare yet not really understand. How often that happens in every day life of comparing jobs of who's working harder or who's more deserving. David speaks up and says that it shouldn't be so and sets things right understanding those that went and those that stayed behind that those that stayed behind had just as much as task of protecting their belongings while the majority was out fighting.
When have you complained about a situation you didn't fully understand only to later realize the work, hardship, etc that did take place?
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