Difficult People

Every person is going to face difficult people. The Gibeonites became those difficult people for David.

2 Samuel 21:1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).3 Thus David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

After David listened and fulfilled their desires God then listened to his prayers for the land.

These following personality types are bound to come up in everyone's personal dealings especially leaders:

1. The Sherman Tank; rides over people.
To get along-Always look at the issue at hand and decide if it's worth standing up for or not.

2. The Volcano; explosive, unpredictable.
To get along-remove from the crowd, listen, speak directly.

3. The Drainer; demands lots of energy and time.
To get along-set boundaries, require accountability and manage that agreement.

4. The Space Cadet; lives on a different planet.
To get along-realize they have different unique gifts and help them develop them.

5. The Garbage Collector; attracts the worst.
To get along-challenge their self-talk and statements, force honesty.

6. The Baby; self-pity, whiny, pouts when they don't get their way.
To get along-Don't reward, expose them to real trouble that others face so they can realize there are better ways to handle their situations.