Sometimes, trying to live the Christian life can leave you feeling a bit crazy. It's not exactly easy trying to live out your faith in the midst of a sin-filled world. And there are times when this life of faith leads us to do some crazy things in order to survive. Rather than trust God, we find ourselves taking matters into our own hands and the results are always less-than-satisfactory. David would learn that invaluable lesson when he made the fateful decision to run from King Saul and seek refuge among the Philistines – the sworn enemies of Israel. David's strategy was not God-ordained and would end up putting him in a very precarious position. Seeking to preserve his own life by his own methods, he would end up risking death at the hands of his enemies. His solution would prove far from ideal. And it all began when he failed to trust God. The very same God who had anointed him king was fully capable of making him king. But David had his doubts. He let his outer circumstances determine his outlook on God. He saw his trials as evidence of God's absence and his own need to take matters into his own hands. But God had not left him and God was not done with him.
