Time doesn’t always present an opportunity to assess how trouble can be managed best. In a documentary on predators, a wolf had stripped away a large piece of meat from a dead animal. As she stopped to enjoy her meal, an eagle promptly swooped down and snatched the meat from her.
As a young man, David was naïve enough to believe Saul would never think of him as a rival. Saul was David’s father-in-law and the father of his best friend Jonathan. Imagine Saul, in a fit of rage, hurling a spear at David with the psychotic intent to kill him!
A strategy David tested to sidestep Saul’s jealousy was to walk away. Sidestepping a conflictual situation can symbolize God’s willingness to help in times of trouble.
While David was never able to be at peace with Saul, David remained faithful to God’s plan and purpose by being a man after God’s own heart. You can remain in God’s favor as well when faced with trouble.
Even
youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who hope
in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings as eagles; they
will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.
~Isaiah
40:30-31 New International Version
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