GET (IT) OUT: Saul – Seriously Shaky

What is the greatest lesson you’ve ever learned?

1 Samuel 18 – After David had finished talking with Saul…  2 [He] kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family.  5 Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well. 6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing & dancing,  with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.” 8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” 9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David. 10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded  him twice. 12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. 13 So he sent David away from him & gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. 14 In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns. 20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased. 21 “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” 28 When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, 29 Saul became still more afraid  of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days. 30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known. 

Saul was internally locked up by…

#1 – else’s .

1 Samuel 18:5 – Whatever mission Saul sent him on,  David was so successful…

1 Samuel 18:14 – In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him.

1 Samuel 18:30 – The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known. 

1 Samuel 18:7 – “As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

1 Samuel 18:8 – Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?”  

1 Samuel 18:15 – When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him.

1 Samuel 18:29 – Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days. 

1 Samuel 18:9 – And from that time on Saul kept a close  eye on David.

1 Samuel 18:10-11 – While David was playing the lyre,  as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,  “I’ll pin David to the wall.”  

1 Samuel 18:21 – “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. 

Insecure people try to make others feel .  

Confident people love to see others walk .

Internal  can often be silent, while  quite LOUD!

Where am I most insecure?

Philippians 2:3 – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves… 

Hebrews 3:13 – But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 

Proverbs 27:17 – As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Philippians 4:6-8 – 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  7 And the peace of God,  which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Is there an insecurity I’m carrying today, or one that I default to often?