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There are currently about 8 Billion people on this planet...
85% of that 8 Billion claim some sort of religion.
Which means - 6.8 Billion people claim to be religious...
Would probably claim to have ACCESS to God.
If we think back to one of the most horrific tragedies in our country...
9/11 - we know that those flying those planes that day...
BELIEVED that they were doing GOD a favor...
We read this - and we filter what we see in life - THROUGH this text...
And it’s pretty astonishing to think that we’ve literally seen this verse play itself out in our lives...
Today - just like last week - we’re going to look at Saul and David - and in doing so we’ll see 2 sides of life.
One side - WITH GOD
The OTHER side - WITHOUT God
Our text today will pretty much cover 2 chapters - but let’s first get a HIGH LEVEL view of what’s going on in the story...
Saul had just killed the 85 priests at NOB...
And just laid to WASTE - the entire city and all its inhabitants...
So we pick up from there...
From here we see Saul CONTINUE to pursue David...
And WHILE He was doing so - the Philistines…TAKE ADVANTAGE...
While Saul is busy chasing David - this happens...
David then makes his way into some CAVES - and this happens...
Today we’ll see a contrast between Saul and David - and how GOD fit between them.
We mentioned earlier that what we’ll see today - is...
LIFE WITH GOD
LIFE WITHOUT GOD
We know that at this point in Saul’s life - God was NOT WALKING with Saul...
The Bible tells us that God had departed FROM him...
And so let’s circle back to our passage today to see our first point!
SLIDE: The Way of God’s Will: Leads Us By His Word
The Way of God’s Will
Here we see it was the WORD of God - that LED David.
David consulted God - BEFORE he made a move...
back to v2
David INQUIRED of the Lord...
And it was - THE WORD that directed his path!
And it’s ALWAYS been about the WORD of God…has it not?
The word of God CREATED the universe
How did he do it?
Genesis chapter 1 - -
Verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24...
And God SAID...
His WORD created what it commanded!
This is how God works - it’s the POWER of His word!
And it has an EFFECT on us - that we experience EVERY DAY....
It’s the WORD of God that KEEPS this universe moving along...
THAT’S - OUT there...
On a more personal level...
WOW - so EVEN the faith to BELIEVE comes through the WORD of Christ...
In other words - LIFE itself COMES through the Word of Christ...
And we see this in scripture -
If you remember - one of Jesus’ friends - Lazarus - passed away…
And Jesus goes to the tomb and does this...
So LIFE came - at the WORD of Christ!
His command “COME OUT”....created life!
His WORD - created what it commanded!
But EVEN in this - the WORD of Christ goes further than JUST SAVE us…!
Every WORD that comes out of the mouth of God!!
Jesus is saying - Man shall not live by PHYSICAL FOOD alone!!
But by the Spiritual FOOD of God’s word!!
And so we can SEE how God’s WORD LEADS US through this life...
Back to our text...
The Lord said - GO and ATTACK the Philistines!
Very SPECIFIC instructions here!!
God literally told David - WHERE to STEP!!
*How often in LIFE do you wish God would open up the CLOUDS - and REACH DOWN to earth - and say - HEY - STEP HERE!! and DO THIS!!
Well - He DID THAT for David back then...
David asked - Should I go FIGHT THEM?
God responded - YES - GO fight them!
TODAY - God LEADS US - how?
Thru His WORD!
So YES - there ARE cases in life where God DOES tell us SPECIFICALLY what to do!
And we FIND those answers - IN HIS WORD!
Should I - LIE on my taxes or NOT LIE on my taxes.
God TELLS US - specifically
Should I - RESPOND THIS WAY or THAT way to that person?
God TELLS us - Would YOU want someone to respond that way to you? NO - then don’t respond that way!
Should I - continue to neglect fellowshipping with the Saints?
God TELLS us - NO - you need to engage the body you claim to belong to!
And so - YES - in certain situations - God HAS TOLD us exactly what to do!
HIS WORD - leads us through life!
His WORD - IS our life!
But what about the FLIP SIDE?
In our text today - we see God’s WORD LEADING David thru life...
David WALKED with God…
The LORD was WITH David - but the Lord was NOT with - Saul!
And so when it came to WALKING with God…Saul was not one to follow.
Saul had repeatedly DISOBEYED God and did his own thing… (prostituted out his trust and obedience)
We talked a couple weeks ago how that created a separation between God and Saul...
Notice that this is the SAME question that David asked of God in our text today!
In our text today - God ANSWERED David...
God DID NOT answer Saul here!
Now - Many times in life you may feel like God hasn’t ANSWERED you...
There are MANY situations (probably MOST) - where we can’t go to a verse to find the next STEP TO TAKE...
And so - for a lot of us - we can spend a lot of our LIVES - WORRIED that we might make the wrong decision!
Who’s thought that??
I THINK - we THINK - this a lot - - I DON'T know what I should do!
I just want to do what God WANTS me to do - But i don't know what that is...
AND I THINK - we may actually OVER THINK these things too much!
Here's why....
If you have a decision to make in your life...
Should I date this person or NOT date this person?
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