The crazy Fugitive that was saved by the Enemy1 Samuel 23:1-29In 1 Samuel 21, you see that when David went to Ahimelech the priest and asked "Have you got any weapons?" Ahimelech said, "Yes. We've got Goliath's sword." Think how tall Goliath was. He was over nine feet nine inches tall according to the Scripture. Goliath's sword—I don't think it was a little dagger. David says, "I'll take that." So he puts it in the ephod, which is a robe the priests wore. He's trying to hide from Saul, and he's going down the road with a six-foot sword tucked away in his clothes.He's going to hide. He was in the mountains, down the coastlines, and to one of the five cities of the Philistines named Gath. Goliath was from Gath. David's stupid enough to go to Goliath's hometown to hide in refuge with Goliath's sword tucked under his clothing.So here's David. I'm sure that day when he walked into Gath, turned around, looked at those doors as they were bolted from the inside realizing there's no place to sneak that sword into he thought, what a mistake?" His only hope is to act like a crazy person, and that's what he does. He crouches down and acts like an animal. He scrawls graffiti on the town gates letting spittle go down his beard, so he's slobbering like a mad person.While he's acting mad in the daytime, he's coming to his senses. During this time in the evening hours, he's writing some Psalms. He called on the Lord, and the Lord saved him out of all his troubles. Saul's men were ready to seize David at the very moment of capture Saul received an urgent message from the elders of Israel. Philistines had invaded Saul was forced to break off the capture and go into battle against the enemy
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
