Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

One of the unique examples is in 1 Samuel 26 when King Saul was unexpectedly given into David’s hands as the weary king and his soldiers slept. Instead of slaying Saul, David crept into the cave and seized Saul’s spear and water bottle. The following morning David yelled from an opposite hill, rebuking Abner, Saul’s bodyguard, for not protecting the king (v. 15). Saul was stunned, humiliated and humbled, and in fear of what could have been. He promised David that he would no longer do him harm as he had been a fool for chasing David (v. 21). Saul planned to return to Jerusalem and leave David alone. Checkmate: David won, Saul lost—time to send the king home for good. From that moment Saul did go home and never pursued David again (v. 25). But read how 1 Samuel 27 starts out: And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.” —1 S AMUEL 27:1–2 Saul had pursued David for many years, chasing him like a hunted animal throughout the wilderness. However, like a cunning fox, David continually escaped entrapment, and Saul was unable to lay a finger on him, the future king of Israel. In this narrative Saul is gone for good, yet it seems David has run