Gods Sabbath

D AVID ’ S L OSS OF F AITH

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solving. The numerous witnesses in the Scriptures should en courage us to shun such procedures like the plague. Surely, if David had foreseen the outworking of what he had done, he would never have reverted to his own works. But at times of cri sis, when these decisions have to be made, the consequences cannot be seen, so the only safety lies in letting God determine how the problem will be met.

David

Many people lost their lives

God’s problem solving

Own problem solving

Seeming relief

When David turned to his own problem solving, many people lost their lives as a result

David’s Next Mistake

One mistake often leads to another, as it did in David’s case—his wrong decision at Nob clouded his perception. From Nob, David fled to the only place which, in his judgment, could offer him any safety—the land of the Philistines. God’s judg ment was certainly not behind these movements, for He would never have sent David to his enemies. David’s own logical proc esses must have been in a confused state for him to imagine that he could go safely among the people whose champion he had humiliated and destroyed some years earlier. It was nei ther the character nor spirit of the Philistines to forget an inju ry or miss the opportunity to exact revenge, no matter how long they had to wait. Thus David created another problem for himself, for when he arrived in Gath, King Achish was informed that David was the very man who had years before slain the Philistine cham pion (see 1Samuel 21:11). This placed David’s life in great