1 Samuel 27

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion 1 Samuel 27:1 But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me…and I will finally be safe.”

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum Psalms 10:1 (NLT) 1 O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble? Psalms 13:1 (NLT) 1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Psalms 22:1 unreal world Where is God? I’m alone work harder

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum  It Affects Others 1 Samuel 27:2-3 So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish… David and his men and their families settled there… 1 Samuel 27:2-3 So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish… David and his men and their families settled there…

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum  It Affects Others  It Seems to Work 4 Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him. 1 Samuel 27:4 No more pressure New Allies “Peace & prosperity” STUPOR! David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath… 1 Samuel 27:3 1 Samuel 27:5-6 One day David said to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in the royal city.” 6 So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag…

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum  It Affects Others  It Seems to Work  But What at What Price? 1 Samuel 27:8-9 8 David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites… 9 David did not leave one person alive in the villages he attacked…

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum  It Affects Others  It Seems to Work  But What at What Price? LiesMurderPlunder Slavery: “…Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!” 1 Samuel 27:12

 Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion  It Gains Momentum  It Affects Others  It Seems to Work  But What at What Price? A Bad Place to DECIDE Bad Logic No Support Disaster!

1 Samuel 29:1-3 (NLT) The entire Philistine army now mobilized at Aphek, and the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel. As the Philistine rulers were leading out their troops in groups of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched at the rear with King Achish. But the Philistine commanders demanded, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish told them, “This is David, the servant of King Saul of Israel. He’s been with me for years, and I’ve never found a single fault in him from the day he arrived until today.” 1 Samuel 29:9 (NLT) 9 But Achish insisted, “As far as I’m concerned, you’re as perfect as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders are afraid to have you with them in the battle. 1 Samuel 30:1-6 Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. They had carried off the women and children and everyone… When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, they wept until they could weep no more. David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.