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David has fled to Nob, to Ahimelech, the priest, 1 Samuel 21:1 "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?" 2 so said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, "do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.' And I have directed my young men to such and such a place. 3 "Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found." 4 And the priest answered David and said, "there is no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women." 5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated in the vessel this day.6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show-bread which had been taken from before the LORD in order to put hot bread in its place on 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 Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul 8 and David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the kings' business required haste." 9 So the priest said , "The sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is is no other except that one here." And David said, " There is none like it; give it to me.."
At this time in the reign of Saul, it was not common for the religious and the government to meet. Saul was not consulting the priests on anything!
1 Samuel 21:10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him,. "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: ' Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?" 12 Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva fall down on his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is insane. why have you brought him to me? 15 Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow into my house?"
Remember David had slew Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. This sword was dedicated to the Lord after the beheading of Goliath, this sword was found to be safe with the priests in Nob. It had brought triumph in the hands of God . However, Saul is still in pursuit of David and lives every moment to rid Israel of David. He, David had come for food for he knew the priests sometimes had food but the only bread was the show-bread at the time. The other thing I asked for was a weapon. The one the priest reminds him is the very sword that David took from Goliath his own weapon and used it against him!
As the priests of the Lord, you and I are to wield the sword of His Word....the Spirit of prophecy! We speak what God says we have in Jesus, we speak not what a news anchor mentions as a false narrative. For in any false narrative there is produced "the false", negative results in your own life when you believe the lie from the liar!
Only truth comes through God and that is where we look for the pathway through anything that appears as "the obstacle" presented by man.
David had faced the giant! And with his own slingshot and YES the very presence of God, that giant came down. What God has placed into your hand you can use for future. Standing against giants helps you and I to stand against anything else that comes against us.
David took the sword from the priest and he went to the land of the Philistines .....the very people within whom Goliath had come from. He hides among them and they think him insane. It was thought in those days, that insane people or who acted out the way David did was an evil sign that had come upon them!
Now understand that David had taken things into his hands and used insanity as his "way through" that which was in the land away from Saul, the place to hide out in the land of the Philistines. But David should have remembered and held faith that God was with Him in that He God had anointed David to be the future King.
Saul's true business was to kill David!
Of the twenty-two chapters in 1 Samuel, it is twelve of them that give a recorded life of Saul being one of with a jealous heart, hatred for another, murder intent, many insults with lying which yes, certainly reveals an obsessive nature to kill another. In this, Saul only thought of that which he held 24-7 against David!
WE are told in verse 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. and his name Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul......NOW Doeg would return to tell Saul of David's location.
This Doeg betrayed David, betrayed the priests of NOB! He went with this word to Saul telling him that Ahimelech inquired the LORD for David, gave him the priests bread, and gave him the sword of Goliath.
Now these were not sinful acts but certainly in the mind of a depraved man, Saul would put an end to David and those who helped him. Doeg, the anxious one deliberately killed the 85 priests of God. One priest escapes to tell David: Abiathar! Yes, even today there exists men like Doeg who want the favor of the king and they will do anything to get that favor as Doeg did. Now the soldiers within Saul's army would know to never touch the priests, but Doeg proved fruitful in this endeavor Saul held toward David.
David tells Abiathar this in 1 Samuel 22:22-23 So David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would rely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons in your father's house. 23 Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.
Staying faithful and true is remaining in that which God has given to us. We remain in Him for His is our peace and our strength. Their dealings with other men was that of unselfishness. What Jonathan spoke to David was truth and he, Johnathan, was willing to take second place to remain in that which God was doing through David, the son of Jesse. We must remind ourselves through God's word that He is ever leading us to safety and higher spiritually to see and hear Him when He is moving for His glory.
Betrayal is all around us, liars are on every corner, but our focus is to be on the Lord. It is God who set us on this earth: to understand His plan…..working beside Him to furnish, provide, render, supply…..by His wisdom, we are disciplined with dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings as within His family the body of Christ.
Today, we see this very thing happening. Though it is against the man that God put into office as president of the land. This Saul in 1 Samuel 21 had laid aside all public business to hunt David. Even today we see this happening in that which is coming down that occurred during the last two terms of the previous president.
In this, you and I have the ability to move through situations and rise into the place God destined for us when we hold on, reminding ourselves of the times a giant was brought down in our lives. For the weapons of our ware-fare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Anyone outside of God and His truth is a rebel in rebellion. YOU and I are to trust in God, believe His every word not those who flaunt scripture that is un-scriptural given that is a lie to confuse others in their limited belief in God or what He has actually spoken! Behind that lie is a fear manifesting creating an idol that is worshiped.
We are not to fear, but hold on and believe, speaking Jesus is our Lord and is ruler over our hearts. For by His blood we are the forgiven and healed, and in His name we are the delivered.
For whoever has had issue against you, speaks against you, tells lies against you, then let it be known that this whoever is fighting against God and God will prove Himself strong. God is for us....will take us through, but we must not be silent. WE must speak for it is this time that God called us to and in this we are triumphant. WE shall act valiantly in His name for His glory. Amen.
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