Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 23:4 (New Living Translation)

David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.

Saul was chasing David. Saul had resources. I guess he had the best trackers in the kingdom at his service. Still, Saul couldn’t find David.

This verse tells us that God didn’t let Saul find David. It seems that God made Saul take a wrong turn here and there.

Funny how if you turn left – physically, mentally, emotionally – instead of right or vice versa, you never find what you seek. It just isn’t there. Something that simple changes your life.

Do we believe that an omnipotent God can do something so simple as cause a person to make a wrong turn? Silly question; of course God can do that. I believe that God still does that – everyday.