”Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod in his hand. And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.” Then Saul called all the people together for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.“
I Samuel 23:6-8 NKJV
a. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand”: Saul thought that God had blessed him and given him victory over David. It was true that God lead David to Keilah and it was true that this exposed David to Saul’s attack. But it was not true that the Lord had delivered him into my hand, as Saul said.
b. Then Saul called all the people together for war: This was not a war against the Philistines, against the Edomites, against the Amalekites, or against the Moabites. This was against David. Saul made the common mistake of assuming that someone is an enemy of the Lord just because they are our enemy.
i. Saul wouldn’t go to Keilah to save the people from the Philistines, but he would go there to try and save himself from David. Saul was completely motivated by self-interest. (Guzik)
War
Our world seems to be on the path to another world war. I’ve read that the type of missiles that Ukraine is shooting into Russia are so sophisticated that either the United States or NATO actually has to be deploying and shooting them into Russia. Russia has stated that they may retaliate with nuclear weapons.
”And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.“
Matthew 24:6 NKJV
Will you join me in prayer?
Dear Heavenly Father we lift this war and escalation up to You and pray for peace. Please bring an end to the death, destruction and allow cooler heads to prevail.
Use these events to draw people to You and we pray that Your will be done.
In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
Blessings
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