On the Run

21. July 2009 by Bernice Davis.

Hello:

Our text for today is as follows:

I Samuel 19:8 Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him. 9 But an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the harp, 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.” 12 So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped. 13 Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head. 14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, “He is ill.” 15 Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.” 16 But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair. 17 Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?” Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Let me get away. Why should I kill you?’”

We left off on last week with the apparent reconciliation of Saul towards David.   Jonathan, the son of Saul had attempted to persuade his father to make peace with David because David had done no wrong.   Saul agreed, however, today in our text you see that an evil spirit came upon Saul again and while David was playing the harp(which was the only thing that calmed Saul down whenever this evil spirit came upon)  Saul tried to kill David by throwing his spear at him.

David escaped and Saul sent men to find him.   David’s wife Michal (Saul’s daughter) informed David of her father’s plan to kill him and helped him escape through a window.

Our story leaves us with Saul rebuking his daughter for helping who he know believes is his enemy to escape and David now begins his life on the run.

Tomorrow we will continue our story of David’s rise to the monarchy.    It is amazing all the things that David has to go through in order to become king.  He is also chosen by God but in the natural, they will not accept it and are trying to destroy him.   BUT GOD!!!!!!!!!    What God has ordained will come to pass.

 Be encouraged!

God Bless!!!!!!!

Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily.

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