When Absalom decided he should be the king of Israel, David and his loyal followers picked up and left Jerusalem in fear for their lives. He left the Ark behind and declared, “If I find the Lord’s favor, He will bring me back to Jerusalem.”

David chose not to defend himself, but to cast himself upon the Lord’s judgement. God had anointed him king. He would now trust the Lord to keep him as king if God wanted.

Pastor John Garlington commented at a minister’s conference when asked about people in his church coming against him … “God told me, ‘If you do something, I won’t. If you don’t, THEN I will.'”

God defends us. He does the better job.

PRAYER: Lord, You are my defender. You preserve me when others try to destroy me. I trust Your ways above my own.

READ: 2 Sam. 15,16