“getting by” the best he can (serving Achish- sort of)
David is Rejected
ch. 29
Philistines gather for war with Judah (v1-2)
Philistine generals reject David as a security threat (v3-5)
Achish send David home (v 6-11)
Crisis of Significance
What have I done? (to deserve this?) (v8)
God has promised
there is insurmountable opposition
there is near universal rejection
What has all this been for? What is God doing?
Ziklag is Razed
ch. 30:1-5
David’s home “allies” are taken
People are turning on him....again
David finds his strength
1 Samuel 30:6 ESV
6And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30:8 ESV
8And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”
