Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him

1 Samuel 23:1-13

Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.” So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Lord, God of Israel, tell your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will.”

Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will.”

So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.

Why?

David knew this war was not the war between David and Saul, it was David following the instruction of the Lord to fight with Saul. David did not fight with Saul but escaped from the flight with Saul.

Victory or failure is in the hands of the Lord, and so is the same as my servant in church and my job.

How?

May the Lord give me the word for next Sunday's church preaching service and my Job in website learning.