Between A Rock and A Hard Place. Part [14] 07/12/2024 (Morning thought)

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

1st Samuel 22:16 And the king said you shalt surely die Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

1st Samuel 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 655] David knew not whither to flee for refuge, except to the servant of God. The young man was in constant fear of discovery, and in his extremity, he resorted to deception. Here he manifested a want of faith in God, and his sin resulted in causing the death of the high priest. God requires that truthfulness shall mark His people even in the greatest peril.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Between A Rock and A Hard Place. Part [13] 07/12/2024 (Evening thought)

1st Samuel 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

Like Rebekah and Jacob, David did get through with plan B, for he got shewbread and he got Goliath’s large sword, that was taken previously in battle, but, just like it was with Rebekah, Jacob, and Saul, there were unforeseen adverse consequences, as there is in most instances, when our faith in God stumbles, and we decide to take alternative routes.

1st Samuel 22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that shews me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shews unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1st Samuel 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

1st Samuel 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread and a sword and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!