September 11, 2021
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Reading along with us in 1 Samuel? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Samuel 21 (NIV)
David at Nob
1 David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David answered Ahimelek the priest, “The king sent me on a mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. 3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”........Continue Reading
Sad that David felt the need to lie to protect himself but I am sure anyone of us in his position may do the same thing. He knows Saul wants him dead and he needs to stay one step ahead, however, it didn’t work as he is obviously recognized in Gath and now he is holding Goliath’s sword on top of it as they sing about his victories!
1 Samuel 21
1 Samuel 21
1Samuel 18
This chapter could be titled “desperate times call for desperate measures”. Due to a lack of food David takes consecrated bread for he and his men. This was the bread of the presence, 12 loaves representing the 12 tribes of Israel, that were on a table in the Holy Place. It was the day olds, but not commonly eaten by non priests. Due to a lack of weapon, David takes Goliath’s sword. He has the most rights to it anyway, but it must have been big and potentially unwielding. And lastly David lacks protection and he pretends to be crazy. You’ve got to love the king’s response…don’t we have enough crazy guys around here to have this guy around as well?
Jesus refers to David’s taking of the showbread when he is confronted about his disciples “working” on the Sabbath by rubbing grains together to eat. Is this a picture of obeying the spirit of the law rather than the letter?
Does God expect David to starve because there is only showbread, OR is the showbread God’s provision for David? David lies and acts insane for his own safety, but there are several who “lie” to protect God’s people, like Rahab (but she wasn’t a Jew).
During WW2 people lied to protect the Jews….was that wrong? I remember reading in the Hiding Place where Corrie Ten Boom is in a quandary because someone is under the floorboards under a table and soldiers ask if there is anyone there and there is a girl among them who refuses to lie. I can’t remember what happened next! but I remember Corrie being angry that the girl wouldn’t lie and then feeling guilty that she didn’t trust God enough herself to tell the truth. A quandary indeed.