The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Samuel 26:12c,
"They [Saul and his troops] were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep."
Saul and three thousand "select" troops went to search for David when they were tipped off by the Ziphites that David had come to their area. Saul intended to kill David, who had been selected by God to replace Saul as king of Israel..
After Saul arrived, David and Abishai sneaked into Saul's camp and took Saul's spear and water jug while Saul and his army slept. This editorial comment helps explain why David and Abishai were able to pull it off without being caught - "the Lord had put them into a deep sleep."
I don't know- and the text doesn't tell us- that David knew the Lord had put Saul and his men in a deep sleep. But it doesn't take long in reading of David's exploits that we might expect it would be just like David to do something like this without the assurance that he would be protected by the Lord in this way.
It causes me to wonder... how many times in our lives does the Lord act on our behalf without us knowing anything about it? I just suspect we all may be stunned to find out how often the Lord has answered prayers in ways we didn't expect, so we didn't see him act. I suspect we all may be stunned to find out how often the Lord has acted on our behalf without us being aware of it. How often he may have provided us some kind of protection, some kind of open door for us, some kind of involvement in our lives.
As Paul told the folks at the Areopagus, "he [God] himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else... he is not far from any one of us." Acts 17:25, 27.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"They [Saul and his troops] were all sleeping, because the Lord had put them into a deep sleep."
Saul and three thousand "select" troops went to search for David when they were tipped off by the Ziphites that David had come to their area. Saul intended to kill David, who had been selected by God to replace Saul as king of Israel..
After Saul arrived, David and Abishai sneaked into Saul's camp and took Saul's spear and water jug while Saul and his army slept. This editorial comment helps explain why David and Abishai were able to pull it off without being caught - "the Lord had put them into a deep sleep."
I don't know- and the text doesn't tell us- that David knew the Lord had put Saul and his men in a deep sleep. But it doesn't take long in reading of David's exploits that we might expect it would be just like David to do something like this without the assurance that he would be protected by the Lord in this way.
It causes me to wonder... how many times in our lives does the Lord act on our behalf without us knowing anything about it? I just suspect we all may be stunned to find out how often the Lord has answered prayers in ways we didn't expect, so we didn't see him act. I suspect we all may be stunned to find out how often the Lord has acted on our behalf without us being aware of it. How often he may have provided us some kind of protection, some kind of open door for us, some kind of involvement in our lives.
As Paul told the folks at the Areopagus, "he [God] himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else... he is not far from any one of us." Acts 17:25, 27.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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