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1 Samuel 21:1–12 KJV 1900

1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Praise The Lord for you in

Problems in family

Problems with Authority relationships

Problems

Philippians 4:6–7 KJV 1900

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

In everything praying Then there is a keeping of your heart and mind

Spiritual victory is a race that takes effort and discipline

Spiritual defeat can be attained without much effort at all

begin to doubt the Lord and a series of small yet wrong decisions can lead to large defeat.

In our need if we doubt by trying to help God, we would be surprised where that will lead.

Little wrong decision rooted in doubt will lead to wrong choices that are intended to self medicate

Family deeply wounded

Church hurt

There is no bad decision that can’t be fixed through repentance and asking for forgiveness

Saul through envious jealousy kept seeking to kill David

David you remember said that he would

“I can’t handle this any more”

thoughts like “God doesnt care

Our adversary

Doubting in our adversity

Jonathan was told by his father that

1 Samuel 20:30–31 KJV 1900

30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

Saul had emotional bondage and real spiritual problems

Anger causes blindness

The demonic spirit of anger will cause you to forget

1 Samuel 20:42 KJV 1900

42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

David, in his adversity, could’ve devised

He wasn’t trying to divide the kingdom

David was around 20 years old when he started running for his life

Moses 40

Paul 3

Joseph 20

David 10 years of running as a fugitive

2 Samuel 5:4 KJV 1900

4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

“Just trust the Lord”

“All things work together for good to them that

Have you ever felt like you already know that

David was running, he’s a fugitive, he can’t have a family

Vs 2 David is lying to the priest

When you are living in doubt you will manipulate rather than trust God

David ran to Gath after manipulating the priest and going into the camp of the enemy

Things aren't working out

I think I’ll just go self medicate

Relationship with someone we know is not right

A Drug, a substance that we know we shouldn’t use

I’ll try another

Vs 11

David lied, manipulated

1 Samuel 22:9–10 KJV 1900

9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

David asked for bread and a sword

Goliaths sword

The weapons are not carnal

Screaming

Manipulating

Threatening

All these will not win your battles you are using worldly weapons

2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

In seeking help from the enemy

We have given up

God is always working to create His purpose in you

Doubt

Fears

Gath the enemy

1 Samuel 21:11–12 KJV 1900

11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:13–15 KJV 1900

13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

1Sa 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

1Sa 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

What a striking analogy there is between the gathering of these outlawed men to David, and the attraction of publicans and sinners, in all ages, to Christ! He also is outlawed by “the prince of this world.” To find Christ, we must go outside the camp, where He has set up the standard of His cross. How many of those who were in distress or in debt, or who were “bitter of soul,” 1Sa 22:2, R.V. margin, have gathered to Him and have been received! Rejected by all others, they have found an asylum in his heart of love, and out of such refugees He is founding a kingdom that can never be moved, and forming an army that will break forever the power of evil.

Not to rise up against authority

Came to a man with a shepherds heart

Be Kind - Great relationships are built through kindness

1Sa 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1Sa 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

1Sa 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

1Sa 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

1Sa 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

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David failed through unbelief

Don’t fall prey to doubt

Fear

Overeaction

Lying