CRIES FROM THE DESERT OF LONELINESS AND BETRAYAL (12 OF 22)
by John Barnett
Scripture: I Samuel 23:19-20, Psalm 54:1-7, Psalm 63:1-11
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Cries from the Desert of Loneliness and Betrayal (12 of 22)
Series: The Life of David
John Barnett
I Samuel 23:19-20; Psalms 54 and 63
As we open to I Samuel 23 we are coming to the final stages of David's life on the run. From the desolate wastelands of Israel's geography we hear the cries of David's heart from desert where he now find that added to danger, deprivation, and despair are the twin struggles of betrayal and loneliness.
That is what happened next in David's life. He has survived a fight with the Philistines. He is surviving daily advances against him by King Saul. But now after those he had risked his life to protect and save from the Philistines, turned against him. David now shows for all the world to see, how does a godly person deal with:
The Loneliness and
Pain of Betrayal
One of the painful situations in life is betrayal. The pain of one in whom we trusted, who hurts us at a level others cannot. When we trusted someone and they turn on us it makes everything come slightly loosened in our lives. We begin to wonder who else out there is secretly on the side of our enemies. This pain and hurt gets compounded when those who betray us are family members.
So for all of us, if we live long enough, we will feel what David felt and if we want to, we can find comfort like he found.
When this Ziphite region in the tribe of Judah (that means David's kin, David's clan, and David's relatives), turns on David and betrays him; David faces a new level of loneliness, mixed with the bitter poison of betrayal.
Not only had the men of Keilah planned to deliver David over to Saul-even though he'd just rescued them from the Philistines-but he now he was also being betrayed by men he trusted in the Wilderness of Ziph.
As we open to I Samuel 23:14, if you have ever had your marriage partner cheat on you and betray the vows of your marriage, you know the bitter poison David tasted.
If you have ever poured your life into your work, given f ...
Series: The Life of David
John Barnett
I Samuel 23:19-20; Psalms 54 and 63
As we open to I Samuel 23 we are coming to the final stages of David's life on the run. From the desolate wastelands of Israel's geography we hear the cries of David's heart from desert where he now find that added to danger, deprivation, and despair are the twin struggles of betrayal and loneliness.
That is what happened next in David's life. He has survived a fight with the Philistines. He is surviving daily advances against him by King Saul. But now after those he had risked his life to protect and save from the Philistines, turned against him. David now shows for all the world to see, how does a godly person deal with:
The Loneliness and
Pain of Betrayal
One of the painful situations in life is betrayal. The pain of one in whom we trusted, who hurts us at a level others cannot. When we trusted someone and they turn on us it makes everything come slightly loosened in our lives. We begin to wonder who else out there is secretly on the side of our enemies. This pain and hurt gets compounded when those who betray us are family members.
So for all of us, if we live long enough, we will feel what David felt and if we want to, we can find comfort like he found.
When this Ziphite region in the tribe of Judah (that means David's kin, David's clan, and David's relatives), turns on David and betrays him; David faces a new level of loneliness, mixed with the bitter poison of betrayal.
Not only had the men of Keilah planned to deliver David over to Saul-even though he'd just rescued them from the Philistines-but he now he was also being betrayed by men he trusted in the Wilderness of Ziph.
As we open to I Samuel 23:14, if you have ever had your marriage partner cheat on you and betray the vows of your marriage, you know the bitter poison David tasted.
If you have ever poured your life into your work, given f ...
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