I was struck today by how intimately David knew God. As a shepherd boy I am sure he spent days on end focusing on the heavens and the earth around him. I know he pondered the Creator because the Psalms record that. He learned to depend on God and see His hand in all things. Even when Saul was pursuing him, David still rested in God. He went to the priest for provision. He prayed and sought direction as to where to go. He chose to withhold retribution toward Saul when he literally had his hand on the edge of his robe. His response 24:6 “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.” David’s consistent walk with the Lord even when later he sins serves as a challenge to me to spend time with God so I know him not just as my Creator, but as my everything.
Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.