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撒母耳记上［第29章］
Book of 1 Samuel 29

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撒母耳记上［第29章］|Book of 1st Samuel 29

【心中有神就有路】

主讲: 郑伟健同工

23/08/2023


引言：记得有爸爸的娃

一、神的安排总让人意外

1.陷入两难的大卫 （V1-2）

非利士的将领带着军队前进，要攻打以色列人；亚吉王跟在其后，而大卫则在亚吉王后边。大卫是硬着头皮跟在后面的，因为他知道眼看神的受膏者要和神的百姓即将自相残杀。他内心非常挣扎和煎熬，原因是他没有寻求神的带领，就逃到非利士地，结果今天就面对两难的困境了。

2.非利士人的担心 （V3-5）

非利士人的首领惧怕大卫临阵倒戈，被以色列人前后夹击。就是恰好这个时候，非利士人的首领才发现大卫。很意外的，就是这个担心，让大卫有了一条出路。

二、困难再大心仍要有神

1.困难中神赐平安（V6-7）

亚吉指着永生的耶和华起誓，其实这并不表示他信靠耶和华，而是表示对大卫的尊重。但这或许是神借着亚吉的口，让大卫看见了神拯救的手。

2.心中有神的大卫 (V8-9)

大卫看起来像是自辨，说了装门面的话，好想真的很想参与战争一样。当他说“主─我王”的时候是指谁呢？这话并不表示大卫坚决要参战，他只是要知道非利士首领对他有什不满的地方。

对党时候的亚吉而言，是指他自己，因他相信大卫对他忠心；但对大卫而言，表面上是指扫罗，其实心中想着的是神。大卫心中至终跟随神！

3.跟随神必有出路（V10-11）

虽然大卫自作主张逃到非利士之地，而酿成这一次的两难困局里。但感恩大卫的心至终跟随神，虽然有软弱，这使他陷入困局当中，但他的心回转神，听心中神的声音，以耶和华为神，心中至终跟随祂，神就为大卫开了一条出路。

总结：心中有神就找到回家的路

虽然大卫逃到非利士境内原本不在神的心意中，但慈爱的神仍然在大卫最需要祂的时候伸出援手，不只奇妙的带领大卫脱离为难的处境，接下来我们更会看到，这样的转折甚至帮助他和他的伙伴们得以救回自己的妻儿。

即使我们有时也会稍微偏离了方向，但心中要有神，相信神永远都在我们身旁，这是祂的慈爱，也是祂温柔的提醒，提醒我们唯有与祂同行，才能带来真正的祝福与平安。

1 SAMUEL 29 WHERE THERE'S A GOD, THERE'S A WAY
GK611 MORNING DEVOTION
23/8/2023
THE MORNING DEVOTION SPEAKER: CO- WORKER ASHER CHANG

INTRODUCTION: A CHILD WHO REMEMBERS HIS DAD

1. GOD'S ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALWAYS SURPRISING

(1) DAVID IN A DILEMMA (V 1-2)

THE PHILISTINE GENERALS ADVANCED WITH THEIR ARMIES TO ATTACK ISRAEL; KING AGRIPPA FOLLOWED, AND DAVID WAS BEHIND KING AGRIPPA. DAVID WAS BRACED TO FOLLOW BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT GOD’S ANOINTED ONE ABOUT TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD’S PEOPLE. THE REASON FOR HIS INNER STRUGGLE AND TORMENT WAS THAT HE HAD FLED TO THE LAND OF PHILISTINE WITHOUT SEEKING GOD’S LEADING, AND AS A RESULT, HE WAS FACED WITH A DILEMMA TODAY.

(2) THE PHILISTINES’ WORRY (V 3-5)

THE PHILISTINE LEADERS WERE AFRAID THAT DAVID WOULD CHANGE SIDES IN WAR AND THEY WILL BE ATTACKED BY THE ISRAELITES. IT WAS AT THIS EXACT MOMENT THAT THE PHILISTINE LEADERS DISCOVERED DAVID. QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY, IT WAS THESE WORRIES THAT GAVE DAVID A WAY OUT.

2. DAVID WITH GOD IN HIS HEART (V8-9)GOD'S PEACE IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE (V6-7)

(1) GOD'S PEACE IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE (V6-7)

THE FACT THAT ACHISH SWORE BY THE LIVING LORD DID NOT ACTUALLY INDICATE THAT HE TRUSTED THE LORD, BUT RATHER THAT HE HONOURED DAVID. BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN GOD’S WAY OF SHOWING DAVID GOD’S SAVING HAND THROUGH THE MOUTH OF ACHISH.

(2) DAVID WITH GOD IN HIS HEART (V8-9)

DAVID LOOKED LIKE HE DEFENDS HIMSELF , PRETENDING AS IF HE REALLY WANTED TO GET INTO THE WAR. WHO WAS HE REFERRING TO WHEN HE SAID, "THE LORD MY KING"? THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT DAVID WAS DETERMINED TO GO TO WAR, HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PHILISTINE LEADERS HAD AGAINST HIM.

(3) BY FOLLOWING GOD AND THERE IS A WAY OUT (V10-11)

ALTHOUGH DAVID TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO FLEE TO THE LAND OF PHILISTINES, WHICH LED TO THIS DILEMMA, HE WAS THANKFUL THAT HIS HEART ALWAYS FOLLOWED GOD. BUT DAVID WAS THANKFUL THAT HIS HEART ALWAYS FOLLOWED GOD. THOUGH THERE WERE WEAKNESSES THAT BROUGHT HIM INTO THE DILEMMA, HIS HEART TURNED TO GOD, LISTENED TO THE VOICE OF GOD IN HIS HEART, AND FOLLOWED GOD TILL THE END AND GOD OPENED A WAY OUT FOR DAVID.

CONCLUSION: IF YOU HAVE GOD IN YOUR HEART, YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY HOME!

ALTHOUGH DAVID'S FLIGHT TO PHILISTINE WAS NOT ORIGINALLY GOD'S WILL, THE LOVING GOD STILL REACHED OUT TO DAVID WHEN HE NEEDED HIM THE MOST, AND NOT ONLY MIRACULOUSLY LED DAVID OUT OF HIS DIFFICULT SITUATION, BUT AS WE'LL SEE NEXT, THIS TURN OF EVENTS EVEN HELPED HIM AND HIS COMPANIONS TO GET THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN BACK.

EVEN THOUGH WE MAY SOMETIMES STRAY A LITTLE FROM THE PATH, HAVING GOD IN OUR HEARTS AND BELIEVING THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US IS HIS LOVING-KINDNESS AND A GENTLE REMINDER THAT WALKING WITH HIM IS THE ONLY WAY TO BRING TRUE BLESSING AND PEACE.