He Holds the Future
The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 1 Samuel 24:4
Saul was King over the people of Israel and because David had killed Goliath he had become a part of Saul’s army. On one occasion when king Saul returned from battle the ladies sang a song giving David higher praise than Saul. That song caused Saul to become jealous and angry towards David. And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward I Samuel 18:6-9, KJV.
The following day an evil spirit came upon Saul and he sought to kill David. Saul feared David because God was with him. Although David served Saul with all his heart and did all that Saul requested, Saul sought to kill him. Satan will use anyone he can to come against us. It can be a relative, close friend or co-worker, he does not care who he uses to make his plans work! The attacks come because we have accepted the assignment to follow God. David’s heart was after God and Saul had given his heart over to Satan.
We do not need to fear our enemy. Even though Saul was king and he sought to kill David consistently, God kept David protected. Sometimes protection does not look like what we expect. David and his men were far back in the cave. The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe 1 Samuel 24:2-4, NIV.
We may not literally be in a cave like David, but when the attacks come it can feel like a cave. The situation can look like an army of thousand coming against us, but the Holy Spirit tells us to not say a word. Can you imagine if David and his men had not kept quiet? God would not have delivered his enemy into his hands. Sometimes we can miss our victory by thinking that we need to do something when God is telling us to stand still and see the work of the Lord.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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