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Sometimes decision can be difficult because of all the variables.
—Our move to Wisconsin
That is where we pick up the text today in .
With David making a big decision.
That doesn’t just effect him but the people with him.
1 Samuel 27-
Do you feel the weight of this decisions?
David just snuck up on Saul and His army while he was sleeping and took his spear and jar of water and then yelled from far away that he could have killed him and didn’t because Saul was anointed by the Lord
David has his two wives with him and 600 men.
He has been running from Saul for a long time.
Had 2 close encounters with him and could have taken his life.
Chap 24, 26
Here is the spear, O king!
Let one of the young men come over and take it.
23 The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
24 Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”
Do you feel the weight of these big decisions that continually come up in David’s live?
In Chapter 24, and 26 David could have taken Saul’s life
Rock of escape in Chapter 23 where Saul was on David and his mens tail.
They escaped because a message came to Saul and said the philistines are attacking.
This is high energy narrative here.
There is more action in this than most movies.
But you have to imagine this taking a toll on David’s life.
His blood pressure is probably through the roof.
Recap on some time frames here:
1050 Saul was anointed King
1025 B.C David is anointed as king 1 sam 16
1022 David defeated Goliath
1011 will start reigning in Isreal/ Saul Death
I know i am going to be king, I was anointed to be king....when is that going to happen.
Do you ever feel like God’s promises take forever?
I can image David felt that.
He running from his life and not quiet sure how he can be king when Saul is in pursuit of his death.
To go a step further, David is not going to be king by taking matters into his own hands...
In our first couple verses we see David making decision and the text doesn’t tell us if it was the right or wrong decision.
In fact, God’s isn’t even mentioned in this Chapter we are covering today.
It doesn’t even say what God’s perspective is in these events are taking place or offerer any insight to God’s thoughts on everything.
So here we are....
God still uses David’s decisions and His plan to accomplish what he has planned.
That is why even today we know that God’s sovereignty and our decisions are harmonized and fully lived out.
The extreme mindset that can happen with this is that we don’t do anything because God is sovereign.
We do everything because God is sovereign.
A word of caution...
Watch what you tell your self
v. 1 then David said in his heart.... Guess who talks to you more than anyone else… without it being crazy.
You talk to yourself in your heart all day long.
We see that here with David, Then David said in his heart.
So don’t you think it is important what you are telling yourself?
Are you telling yourself God’s truths or worldly opinions.
Are you reminded of the promises that God has for you?
Are the things you tell yourself based on biblical hope or worldly worry?
This problem of counseling yourself goes back to the beginning of time with Adam and Eve.
Gen 3:
v. 1 Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul.....
David don’t forget your anointed King, God used you to defeat Saul.
You are in good standings with God.
Our circumstances can allow us to questions promises of God.
David isn’t thinking about being King, he is thinking about Saul killing him one of these days.
It is true, we will all die, just like King david eventually did.
But we have to see that our death doesn’t nullify our promises that God has for us.
And our circumstances shouldn’t blind us to them either.
We all perish, so it is true that one day King David did die, and we too will die, but he says at the hand of Saul!! WHAT???
How often can we tell ourselves something in our minds that is not true.
Then we get all worked up and the thoughts get worse and worse.
Let us be honest here.
No one wants me to use their thoughts as an example on the screen.
Like Tuesday this is what
But it is also some of these difficult circumstances and thoughts that cause us to experience God’s guidance and protection.
Look where David is going, Gath…w
Don’t forget your promises
Promises for believers
These are for believers so if you are not a believer these are not for you
David had some promises to hold onto and so do we
Your thinking influences your Actions
v.1 is David’s thinking and v.2 is the actions that came from it
I am not saying David was totally wrong in his thinking, I am reminding us to be mindful about what we think and how that fits into God’s plan.
WE don’t use God for our plan, God uses us for His plan
Look where David is going, Gath…w
V.2 Going back to Achish
you can see how the first time went, and here we are back again.
The first time David was feared by Achish and barely escaped with his life.
Now things are a little different.
Now it is clear to all the people in that area that David was Saul’s mortal enemy and now maybe David can be used by the Philistines in their ongoing struggle with Isreal.
V. 4 Saul no longer sough him
pursuit of David is fruitless because it works against God’s plan for David to be king.
God will always achieve his commitments.
That was a lot of work on Saul’s part to try and kill David all while the whole time
God’s Judgement is real v. 8
David is still faithful to Israel v. 8
Taking out the
He tells Achish that he wiped out the southern part of the region
There are no witnesses to contradict what David is saying.
v11
This territory belonged to Judah
1 Samuel 15
Both David and Saul have now dealt with the Amalekites
Chapter 28 v. 1-2 David joins forces with the Philistines to make a massive assault on Israel.
We are left with the question.
Who is David’s loyalty to?
David finds himself in a compromising position.
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