The
thought of David's heart at this time was a false thought, because he certainly
had no ground for thinking that God's anointing him by Samuel was intended to
be left as an empty unmeaning act. On no one occasion had the Lord deserted his
servant; he had been placed in perilous positions very often, but not one
instance had occurred in which divine interposition had not delivered him. The
trials to which he had been exposed had been varied; they had not assumed one
form only, but many--yet in every case he who sent the trial had also
graciously ordained a way of escape. David could not put his finger upon any
entry in his diary, and say of it, "Here is evidence that the Lord will
forsake me," for the entire tenor of his past life proved the very
reverse. He should have argued from what God had done for him, that God would
be his defender still. But is it not just in the same way that we doubt God's
help? Is it not mistrust without a cause? Have we ever had the shadow of a
reason to doubt our Father's goodness? Have not his lovingkindnesses been
marvellous? Has he once failed to justify our trust? Ah, no! our God has not
left us at any time. We have had dark nights, but the star of love has shone
forth amid the blackness; we have been in stern conflicts, but over our head he
has held aloft the shield of our defence. We have gone through many trials, but
never to our detriment, always to our advantage; and the conclusion from our
past experience is, that he who has been with us in six troubles, will not forsake
us in the seventh. What we have known of our faithful God, proves that he will
keep us to the end. Let us not, then, reason contrary to evidence. How can we
ever be so ungenerous as to doubt our God? Lord, throw down the Jezebel of our
unbelief, and let the dogs devour it.(Bible Gateway)
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