20 | Moral Conundrum

1 Samuel 21 – 22:2 | Moral Conundrum

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Slides:

Slide: Theme: God will provide for your every need according to His faithful, enduring love even (especially) when you’re not sure what to do and even when you don’t see how He’s working.

Slide: David flees to Nob:

1 Samuel 22:9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

Slide: David flees to Nob:

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple. 5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 

Slide: David seized by the Philistines in Gath:

Psalm 56:1 A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me. ... 10 In God, [whose] word I praise, In the LORD, [whose] word I praise, 11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? 

Slide: David delivered from then philistines in Gath:

Psalm 34:1 [A Psalm] of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed... 4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. ... 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. ... 17 [The righteous] cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Slide: David escapes to the cave of Adullam:

Psalm 142:1 Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry aloud with my voice to the LORD; I make supplication with my voice to the LORD. 2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.

Slide: David escapes to the cave of Adullam:

Psalm 57:1 A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by. 2 I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes [all things] for me. 3 He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.

Slide: David at the cave of Adullam (in Ziklag), when the “distressed and discontented” came to him:

1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped [him] in war. ... 8 From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and [they were] as swift as the gazelles on the mountains. ... 14 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.

Slide: Lessons from David’s early exile:

• Grace upon grace!

• Our greatest responsibility is to cry out to God.

• The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

• He provides for our every need: physical, emotional, and spiritual.