Maschil-instruction
in the cave-how much time did David spend hiding in caves?
Psalm 142
- Lord, if you get me out of this mess, I’ll praise Your name.
- I have nobody else to ask for help.
Psalm 143
- Lord, please hurry; I’m too weak to go on.
- Strengthen me; and cut off my enemies.
1 Samuel 22
- Hiding amidst the Philistines wasn’t a very good idea; why did David think that allying with the Moabites was a better idea?
- God sent the prophet Gad to tell David to go back to Judah. Has God ever sent someone to tell you to go back home?
- When Saul learned that the priest had helped David, Saul ordered his men to kill the priest. To their credit, they refused.
- In his defense, Ahimelech was ignorant of the rift between Saul and David at the time that David requested food and a sword.
- Doeg, the Edomite, had no qualms about killing a man of God.
- Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, escaped the slaughter of the priests, and went to join David.
- Upon learning of Doeg’s part in the atrocity, David said (verse 22), “I knew it…”; and he took responsibility for the deaths.
Meditation Points:
- If we would pray as often as David prayed in caves, our relationship to God would be better.
- David finds instruction in the fearful troubles of life; shouldn’t we?
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