1 Samuel 27 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read 1 Samuel 27.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/1sa/27/1/s_263001

Meditate on verse 1a.

 

Then David said to himself,  “Now I will

perish one day by the hand of Saul. 

There is nothing better for me than

 to escape into the land of the Philistines.”

 

At this point in David’s life, he felt safer with his enemies, the Philistines, than with his own countrymen.  He lived among foes for a year and four months.  During that time, the LORD used David to take care of unfinished business.  The Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites were inhabitants of Canaan that God commanded the armies of Joshua and Saul to utterly destroy (Joshua 13:13; 1 Samuel 15).  During this waiting time, David and his men did what God commanded, attacking and killing these enemies of Israel.

David could have spent those 16 months whining and complaining to God about the last 15 years of his life.  Instead, he productively used the time doing God’s will, removing enemies from the kingdom that would one day be his.

Are you in one of God’s waiting times?  Look around; what unfinished business does the LORD want you to complete?  Ask Him to give you the energy and the courage to remove surrounding “enemies.” (These could be “enemies” that rob you of time, energy, health, spiritual growth, etc.)

Use the words from 1 Samuel 27:4-5 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, let  ________ and my enemies

no longer search for us.

Give us favor in Your sight

 and in the sight of __________.

Give us what we need…

For the sake of doing Your will, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell