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2020
Feb 05
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Peter B. from Buchanan, MI said:
Key phrase: "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. He may never had said these words out loud, but might have said it from his heart. David seems to be losing his trust in God, and in his discouragement David forgot God's past deliverance. What we say in our heart has a power to rethink our thinking, our actions, even our destiny, as we see here in what David thought. God wants us to be free from worry. Anxiety and worry(like David had) will occur when we choose to rely on our own strength rather then upon God. Trust God always!
2016
Nov 18
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Patty B. from Dallas, GA said:
David did not put his full trust in God that he would protect him and not give him over to Saul so he took it upon himself to flee to the land of the Philistines.
2016
Nov 18
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
R C. from Natchez, MS said:
My thoughts after reading this verse is that. We tend to take matters in our own hands. The thing we must understand that we can't do anything in our own or in our own strength. It is only through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ. As it is stated, when I'm weak....He is Strong. David was actually showing us his weakness, his insecurity in God's Abilities. He began to show us his lack of faith. When we think we can escape the problem we somehow tend to find ourselves deeper in it.
The Ultimate thing to do is turn the Omnipotent One, Every Lasting One. Always Remember that His Hand Prints are All Over Our Lives. So He Knows Exactly What We Are Going Through/Facing every minute of Our Lives.
We must continue to Have Belief, Faith and Trust in Him who can Sustain Us/Our Load.....
2016
Nov 18
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Peter B. from Buchanan, MI said:
Davids faith in God faltered when he said "I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul." David had a spiritual slump, which can be encouraging to us to those of us who have fallen, you see David was not immune to failure. It's also a warning for us the danger when we drift away from God. God wouldn't let anything happen to David because he was the anointed one. Same way God wouldn't let anything happen to us He sent His only Son to die for our sin.
2015
Jan 09
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Angela G. from North Myrtle Beach, SC said:
It's interesting that it says thought to himself, it doesn't say talked with his friend, or Saul told him, or that he prayed with God, it is just himself. The things we tell ourselves are very powerful. We have the most influence in our minds over what we say and do with our lives. We need to be extremely careful the things we put in our thoughts. The things we think about most often are what we allow to happen to us. If Saul had told David to leave, David would have been like no way you are crazy if you think I am going to move and live among people who don't worship my God. Yet somehow he was worn down enough to talk himself into that very thing. Think powerful positive thoughts daily!
2013
Aug 27
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Derek N. from San Jose, CA said:
Fear had caused David, who trusted in God, to forget who had been protecting him all these times and take matter into his own hand. That's why many times God says "fear not" over and over again to remind us to not fear but to trust in Him. Most of the time when we have a problem, we tend to turn away from it, or get out of it as fast as we could. But the bible compares us to an eagle. When an eagle sees a storm, it does not run from the storm, but it uses the storm to lift it up above the clouds where there is always sunshine. And even though David was temporarily relieved from his problem, Saul, he will face other problems in the land of the Philistines in chapter 30. It's better to have problem but remain under God's protection than to be facing problems on your own.
2013
Aug 24
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Nancy M. from Runnemede, NJ said:
1 Samuel 27:1 - Now David is talking to himself instead of talking to God. What is our flesh going to say to us? The same thing God would say to us? .... uh usually just the opposite. Once again David goes back to world for safety. Now David does many good works by fighting the Philistines but not under God directions, rather out of guilt or to feel good about himself. Father in heaven, i pray that when i serve you that i serve you out of love and appreciation for all that you have done for me, if i serve you for the wrong reasons it will only be wood hay and stubble which is going burn away. Keep my heart pure before you and help me to listen and talk to you without stopping to chat with myself.
2013
Aug 24
1 Samuel 27:1
But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."
Dana R. from Paragould, AR said:
David was afraid that saul would destroy him so he fled with his people, and his wives, I don't know much about his situation, but what I've experienced in my life I ran from many like saul situation only to have to face another enemy like saul for many years I ran from my addiction, but only to find that wherever I went there where the same temptations there, and one day I had to face the saul in my life, and learn how to resist those temptations, I have come to the point where those thing no longer tempt me, because now I see how much damage they have done in my life it was to hard to stop, and I have to much to loose if I look back, there is a I come to far to turn back. I've also learned that if I fail not to stay in that failure, but to learn from it, and move on, and
start over the next day, and strive to do better than yesterday.
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