Today’s story is about unwavering faith in God. It is also one of the best know stories by both believers and non-believers. The story of David and Goliath. This is one of my favorite stories and probably a lot of other people’s too. It is of God using a young man who refused to let […]
The Spirit of the Lord has departed from Saul. He is tormented by another spirit from the Lord. David provides his only relief but he has to keep the fact that he will be Saul’s replacement under cover. We left David right after Samuel anointed him as Israel’s next king. We left Saul when Samuel […]
Saul has been officially rejected by God. Samuel is called upon to anoint a new king. Saul is NOT invited to this event and it is not made public. But it is official and from God. This is one of my favorite stories. How Samuel went through every one of Jesse’s sons that were ‘important […]
We come to the ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ with regard to Saul’s sins. This sin cost Saul the kingdom. That possibility had been hinted at earlier but this time it is final. The last time we were together I was thinking about Saul and how we see his actions through the filter of […]
Saul is in hot pursuit of the Philistines after Jonathan got the ball rolling. It is a LONG and HARD battle. Saul makes a vow that none would eat until evening. But Jonathan didn’t hear that directive. We are returning again to the battle ground. We left Jonathan in the Philistine garrison where he kicked […]