1 Samuel 23:28 “So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.”
NO ESCAPE?
David was trapped! Saul’s army was surrounding him in the wilderness of Maon. He was sure to be captured and killed. Finally, Saul would catch his man. But….God.
God, yes God, orchestrated a Philistine attack to draw Saul away, allowing David to escape. Don’t ever think there is no escape. If you are in God’s will and depending on Him, He will deliver. It may not be in the way you thought, but He will come through. I bet David never thought the Philistines would deliver him from death.
TEACHING MOMENT
This would be a great acting out story for your kids. Get some toy soldiers and build some hills. Study the chapter and some background information of that area. Map out what was going on. Let your children see just how hopeless it appeared for David.
Our children need to understand that hopelessness in the eyes of men does not equal the same thing to God. He is hope. He brings hope. He gives hope. We don’t hope in things or circumstances. We hope in Him.
Where is your hope placed today? In whom do you hope? I pray you are hoping in the God of Hope, because if you hope in anything else, you are sure to be disappointed. Look to Him who never sees anything or anyone as hopeless.
Let your children hope, not in you, but the Christ who lives in you. Let them see you hoping in Him, not in your job or family. We have to show our children that hope is not something. It is Someone.
A Moment In Time 