Ep 603 – 1 Samuel 20:35-42

Just when David thought it couldn't get any worse, it did. He was about to lose everything, including his wife, best friend, and job, not to mention his dignity. He was going to become a man on the run, with a bounty on his head and that nagging feeling that someone was always out to get him. Nowhere would be safe. And, as we will see, Saul was not someone who would give up easily. David could run, but Saul would continue to pursue him – stubbornly and relentlessly. But all of this was part of God's divine plan for David's life. God wasn't caught off guard. He didn't have to come up with a plan B. This had been his plan all along. Because God had some invaluable lessons He wanted to teach David that could only be learned in the fires of adversity. David was about to be thrown into God's furnace of purification. And the heat was about to get intense. God wasn't punishing David, He was perfecting him. He was turning the shepherd of sheep into the shepherd of Israel. He was transforming a man of faith into a man of God. David had been anointed the next king of Israel, but God was going to teach him the value of suffering before glorification.