If God is with you, who can stand against?
Saul is afraid of David. In Samuel 18, we see how Saul responds to David’s success in battle. After David conquered the Philistine, he became known. His popularity grew. He became close to Saul, and he became very close to Jonathan. David was appointed a high position in the military. David led many campaigns and was always victorious because God was with him.
Then one day they came through a town and the townspeople were dancing and singing. A lady sang that Saul killed thousands, but David kills ten thousands. This took Saul to the wrong side of the tracks. He suddenly knew that David was getting very strong. He knew he would have to watch out.
I think in his mind, he was not afraid of David as the absence of God’s presence in his own life. We can all look at Saul and think, man this dude is cracked. You can tell God is with him. You know the drill. What are you thinking? But in hindsight it is easy to make this determination. I mean over 2000 years pass by and we can look at these years passing here and make the bold determination. But I bet if we were to look into our own lives we would be able to see Saul in us. We would see where we sabotage those around us, those we love, because of our own blinders.
Know this, that you may be a Saul today. But you also may be a David.
