As David literally fled for his life from Saul, he paused in
2 peculiar and very different locations. First he went to the house of
God. This did not bode well for the men
of God who served as priests there. In
fact, Ahimelech the priest was scared when David showed up at his door. (We
will discover later that his fears were certainly justified). As David was truly a fugitive, he needed some
very basic things. So, he was given some
of the holy bread (Exodus 25:30 & 40:23) and the sword of Goliath - which
obviously had been kept there as a relic to remind everyone of God's power and
aide.
From there David went to see the Philistines. In fact, he went to Gath. Get this now: David, the one who had killed
Goliath (of Gath), the one who was formerly Saul's armor-bearer, the one of
whom the Jewish ladies sang, "David has slain his 10,000s", the one
who killed 200 Philistines to use their foreskins as a dowry... why in the name
of common sense would that same man have chosen to go to Achish in Gath; to the
king of the Philistines? If nothing else, this shows us how desperate David
felt. Of course, it didn’t take too long for him to realize that he was in the
wrong place. He ended up pretending to
be mentally ill to escape from the court of the Philistine king.
If you want a lesson from this chapter, look no further than
the dangers that David faced. Realize that he was God's man in God's care and
yet he was alone, afraid and (in his opinion) in grave danger.
Walking with God and working for Him does not in any way
insure us an easy journey. Life abounds with difficulties. Even the life of
God's chosen servants can be filled with hardships. In fact, many times the
hard times come BECAUSE we are following Him. But, David had many blessings
ahead of him. He just had to wait.
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