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1 SAMUEL 22:1-5; PSALM 34:8-22
We find in 1 Samuel 22 that David has stopped hiding among his enemies and has returned to his
own land. It was during this period in his experience that he wrote Psalms 34, 57 and 142.

David was God’s anointed king in exile. These men gathered around him, recognizing him as
God’s chosen one. They were willing to wait for God’s time with him and were willing to suffer
with him if necessary.
They did for David what we are admonished to do for Christ in Hebrews 13:13: “Let us go forth
therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.” Paul reminded us in Romans 8:17 that
we are “heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him.”
Our Lord is now rejected but is gathering together a group to reign with Him. This is only a small
army. They are equipped to fight, not with carnal weapons but with the spiritual weapons that are
mighty through God. With Christ as Captain this army will conquer.
We can only do great things in the future as we learn to do the right things now. We learn from
Ephesians 2:6 that God has “raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus.” This is something that is true of us now. We are being trained by our Lord now and
can learn to say as Paul did, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Phil.
4:13).
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand (Ps.
37:24).
Theodore Epp
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