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When you think of Loyalty, who or what comes to mind?
For me, the Armed Forces come to mind -
• Loyalty defines our Allegiance - US Army
• Loyalty and the Oath - US Navy
• Once a Marine, always a Marine - US Marine Corps
• We are loyal and accountable to the public trust - US Coast Guard
• Loyalty. Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, your unit and other Soldiers - US National Guard
We’re going to talk about loyalty in the passage today…and what God would have us apply to our lives from it.
Because David learns a lesson on loyalty the hard way…that loyalty is very shallow…
Who can you name without hesitation are your loyal friends? More importantly, who would have you on their list as a loyal friend?
• David is leading a group of 600 men and is hiding in the desert from King Saul who wants to destroy him.
• While this is going on the Philistine Army is looting the farmer’s threshing floors and stealing their food.
• Threshing floors are the last phase of the harvest where…
• You might ask, where was King Saul - wasn’t it his responsibility to protect these folks?
I. David Inquires of the Lord
• David hears whats going on and these are his people - he asks God if he can go and do something to help them…
• Note David “inquires of the Lord” throughout the text - a lesson for another day - but don’t miss his example of seeking the Lord for direction. Do we do that routinely?
Jeremiah 29:11; For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
A. God protects us in the midst of resistance
• God says to go but David’s men are afraid - Why?
• 600 vs Philistine Army & King Saul
• David inquires of the Lord again and God tells him to go - that “I will give the Philistines into your hand”
• The lesson here is that God ministers to our resistance - trust Him.
Psalm 32:7; You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
• David attacked the Philistines and won.
• God’s wisdom here is again greater than ours.
Illus - Pharaoh chased the children of Israel to the Red Sea…
Testimony - Philadelphia family move…
B. Our adversaries have no power
• Saul gets excited about the possibility of trapping David, surprising him, destroying him.
• David knew what Saul had planned.
Psalm 138:7; Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

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