God's Sabbath

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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

problem is given fully into His hands. David’s deliverance must have seemed too good to be true, but it was real enough. Insofar as his problem of fighting against Israel was concerned, he was fully delivered. With what adoration and praise for His wonder ful Deliverer must David have marched back to Ziklag again. This story provides a contrast between the outworking of hu man planning or problem solving and the divine alternative. When the differences are seen, they should help to cure for the persistent tendency of our replacing God in this role. When we learn how to leave our problems and plans in God’s hands, then how swiftly will His work be finished and Jesus return! It is God’s intention that David’s recorded experiences shall teach us the folly of following our own ways, compared with trusting the infallible perfection of His procedures. The Lord wants us to know that when, through our misguided foolishness, we find ourselves in deep water, the only way of escape is to cast the problem into His hands. Once it is wholly given to Him, He can speedily resolve it. By so doing, He will expose Satan’s lie that Jehovah turns His back on those who seek His deliverance from troubles brought on themselves by their own devising. Even the problems resulting from our own plans He can solve, although He cannot fully save us from the consequences that our own sinful ways have set in motion, as the next experience and the future life of David both show.