RTW 2023

But David found strength in the LORD his God.

1 Samuel 30:6b

Previously when David was at a low point

And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So, I shall escape out of his hand.”
1 Samuel 27:1 (NKJV)

Then went to the Philistines to join their army. And got in the mess he is in now.

This time David sought the LORD.

He hadn’t fallen so far that he forgot where to go and what to do to be restored.

He went to the priest. He sought the LORD.

When we seek the Lord:

• he won’t reject us.
• he will strengthen us.
• he will direct us.
• he will redeem what’s been lost.

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David and his men were trying to join the Philistine army, and left their own city vulnerable, unguarded. Things go wrong when we are where we shouldn’t be, doing things we shouldn’t do.