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Return to Learning to Wait on God Series Return to Wed. Bible Study Series “When We Come Off the Mountain Top” 1
Samuel 27 I.
What David did
A. He doubted (1a).
B. He detoured (1b-7).
1. He decided to take matters
into his own hands (1b).
2. He left the Promised Land
(1b).
3. He moved to
4. He settled in Ziklag
(6-7).
C. He destroyed the enemies
of God (8-9).
D. He misled Achish (10-12).
1. He said he attacked the
people of
2. He left no survivors who
might inform on him (11).
3. He won the confidence of
Achish (12). II.
What God did
A. He used adverse
circumstances to develop David.
1. Combat skills
2. Leadership skills
B. He blessed David in
whatever he did.
1. He protected him from Saul
(4).
2. He gave him success in
battle (9).
3. He gave him favor in the
eyes of Achish (12).
C. He didn't let David get
too comfortable outside the Promised
Land (ch 29). Lessons: 1.
Even great men and women of God wrestle with feelings of doubt.
The challenge is to choose to:
a. Claim the unchanging
promises of God.
b. Do what pleases God
regardless how we feel. 2.
Being down is not a sin. Being
down and out is. 3.
Even when we blow it, God is still in control.
He can use our failures to accomplish good in and through our lives.
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