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1 Samuel 29
gives us a bit more indication towards David’s dark side. The Philistines are marching out to go to war. The lords among the Philistines don’t
particularly want David to go down among them.
Unfortunately, given the circumstances I don’t think that I can really
blame them.
Yesterday we
discovered that David has been up to some nefarious actions. He’s raiding people to stay alive. He’s lying about his actions to Achish. He’s killing people to cover up those lies. He’s begun a bit of a downward spiral in his
life.
Here’s the
thing. David continues those patterns of
deceit in this passage. Achish comes to
him and tells him that the Philistines want him to stay behind. Do you here what David says? “What have I done?” He plays innocent when he knows he’s
guilty. Perhaps what is worse is that he
plays off of Achich’s ignorance of his actions as proof of his innocence.
David is
showing his prowess as a liar today. He
is also showing his prowess as a manipulator.
I can’t give him a very high grade for what I see in this passage.
That being
said, I can’t be too harsh on David, either.
David isn’t doing anything that I haven’t done. David is just thinking about himself,
something that I do quite frequently.
Chapters like this are a great opportunity for us to look into our lives
and see where we are similarly guilty.
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