The With With Saul and his men constantly hounding him, David's journey to the throne wasn't the easy road we might have expected for God's anointed king.

So what kept him from simply taking what was rightfully promised to him at an opportune moment?

We'll find out today on Truth for Life as Alistair Beg takes us to First Samuel. 4, and reading from the 1st verse.

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told,

behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel

and went to seek David and his men

in front of the wild goats rocks. And he came to the sheepfolds, by the way, where there was a cave,

and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.

And the men of David said to him,

Here is the day of which the Lord said to you,

behold I will give your enemy into your hand,

and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.

Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe. And afterward David's heart

struck him because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe. He said to his men, the Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my

Lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord's anointed.

So David persuaded his men with these words

and did not permit them to attack Saul.

And Saul rose up and left the cave

and went on his way.

Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul,

My lord, the king.

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