1 SAMUEL 23:6-14
We learn from this chapter that people who intend evil can also speak of the Lord and His work in
a very pious way. Saul was told that David had delivered Keilah, and he said, “God hath delivered
him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars” (1 Sam.
23:7).
This was Saul speaking, a man who had been so disobedient to God that the Spirit of God had
departed from him. He was a man who, no matter how he prayed, received no answer from God
because his heart was not right toward God. Yet here he was saying that God had delivered David
into his hands.
We must always be careful of our interpretation of circumstances. On a number of occasions I
have counseled with different persons who were very obviously following a selfish path. Their one
strong argument was that the circumstances favored the course they wanted to take; but it was
obvious to me, at least, that they were viewing circumstances in a false light.
I was able to check the subsequent history of some of these people and found them miserable in
heart with no joy in the Lord. If our wills are not wholly submitted to the Lord, we are bound to
misinterpret the circumstances around us.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death (Prov.
16:25).
Theodore Epp
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