Crises and God's Will

"And David went from thence, and fled to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard of it, they came thither to him ... And David went from thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, I pray thee, let my father and my mother be with you, until I know what God will do to me" (1 Samuel 22:1, 3).

For a time, David was cruelly persecuted by King Saul. But he did not care so much about escaping from his enemy. He was not concerned, first and foremost, with saving his life and escaping trouble. He gave priority to something even more important: knowing God's plan for him; knowing what God's purpose for his life was.

In times of difficulties and trials, of insecurity and problems, what we generally want is to get out, to escape as soon and as quickly as possible from the difficulties. Only mature Christians, filled with the Holy Spirit, stop in such circumstances to reflect on why adverse situations have come upon them.

The following questions are valid in such cases: Does God know what is happening to me? Did he know from ancient times that this would happen to me or did he only know after it happened to me? Does he know how I feel, how this has affected me? Can he understand these feelings? Why did he allow it? Is there a reason? For what purpose did he allow it? Does it have to do with areas of my life that need to be addressed, revised, changed, strengthened or eradicated? What degree of responsibility do my mistakes have in this case? What should I do that has been hidden from me until now? What does God want from me with all this? What things do I have to learn? What is God's plan for me?

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