AND DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD
“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God .” (1 Samuel 30:6). David was a young man whom God wanted to apprehend. God saw in David what nobody else was able (or willing) to see. They only looked on the outside, but God could see into David’s heart. This is why the LORD had sent Samuel to anoint David to be the next King of Israel. Their first king, Saul, was after the people’s heart, but David was a man after God’s own heart. After his anointing, however, David found only trouble. Saul was jealous of David and saw him as a rival for the throne. He resented David’s popularity with the people, his military victories, and his closeness to God. Saul’s jealousy eventually turned to hatred and rage, and he openly sought to kill David. After some close calls with Saul, David believed that he