I read this passage this morning and thought it was worth blogging.
1 Samuel 21:1-9
The back story to this scripture is when Jonathan found out that his father wanted to kill David. He told his best friend David, and David had to flee for his life. David is running and goes to the city of Nob (aka The city of Priest). I imagine he went there to seek refuge. To be closer to God maybe. He was running scared! So he goes to the priest and he says that he is hungry and asks for food. **here is where the unique provision happens** The priest says to David,"Well, I don't have normal food, but I do have this Holy Bread." Really, God could have given him a number of things, including normal bread, but instead He gave him consecrated bread. Then David goes on to request a sword too. And **here we go again** the only sword available is the very sword that David had used to kill Goliath. God could have provided him with many things but instead He gave him a sword with a HUGE meaning.
As I read this morning I was reminded how God ALWAYS takes care of us. It may not be in the way that we ask Him to, or even in the way we pray, but He always does. God's provisions may simply be to provide food for our family when we need it. Or it might be to provide Goliath's sword to fight the battle. No matter how He chooses to provide we must trust that it is in His time and for His glory.
~LL
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