The You're going to do you.

Do you do you do you do you do

do you do David knew he was God's anointed and yet he clearly experienced deep fear and

uncertainty.

Being a believer doesn't mean we're free from those kinds of emotions.

So how do we encourage fellow Christians in the midst of trials?

We'll see today on Truth for Life as we learn from

David's best friend Jonathan. Alistairbegg is teaching from chapter 23 of

First Samuel. Now in verse 7, Saul knew that David had come to Kila and he does not rejoice in the victory over the Philistines. It doesn't say,

and Saul discovered that David had come to Kila and in Kila he had dealt a Philistines a massive blow.

As Saul is supposed to be the king who will deal with the Philistines. There's not even a mention of the Philistines. Why? He can't

rejoice in that victory because he is consumed with murder. We might just note in passing that sin distorts a man or a woman's thinking.

Sin distorts our thinking. Our actions are the product of our thinking. And if you look

carefully at the text you will realize that Saul who is a murderous tyrant is so messed up by this point that he can actually view the things

that he's doing and is about to do as coming from the hand of God. I resist the temptation

to pause and give you a litany of such statements made to me as a pastor over the last 40 years or so.

As people have sat beside me and said, oh but you don't understand, God is very happy if I would do this. Surely God is at work in this. Surely God is at work in this.

God wants me to do this and so on.

No, sin, you see, distorts the thinking. Oh well we've trapped him he says and so in

verse eight he summons all the people to war and at the same time David has been made aware of this plot. And so what does he do?

Well he does what he does. He inquires of the Lord. Bring the Efod here. And then David said,

O Lord, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Kila to destroy the city in my account.

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