David study-(#7)---"WHEN THE LORD IS WITH YOU"-(v.28)  (1 Sam.18:17-30)

This text records the third case of adversity from King Saul against David.  The first evil outlash was when Saul hurled a javilyn at David,; the second was when Saul "demoted" David from being captain of the kings army (v.5) to a total removal from the kings court to be just a captain over a thousand men.  Now, king Saul seeks to decieve David by offering his daughters.......BUT THE LORD WAS WITH HIM!!!
(Gen.26:28-"The Lord was with Issac")-(39:2-"The Lord was with Joseph")-(Joshua 6:27-"The Lord was with Joshua")-(1 Sam.3:19-"And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him.").....And here again we are told that the Lord was with david also!

(1)-SAUL COULD NOT SILENCE DAVID-(v.6-8)
David's performance in this new LOWER position resulted in hims being MORE LOVED and respected by the people....Saul's plan BACKFIRED!!! (Satan)  Because of this backfire, Saul found it politically expeidiant to turn on a more friendly face to David...but on the inside, he still wished David was dead!

(2)-THE SPEAR COULD NOT STAB DAVID-(v.10-11)
(Eph. 6:16-"Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.")

(3)-THE SPOUSE COULD NOT STOP DAVID-(v.17)
The offer to give to David Saul's oldest daughter was designed to work in the same way as the spear-throwing incident and the demotion were; to force David to die!  Saul hoped to accomplish this by making David be VALIANT against the Philistines!  In other words, Merab was NOT a gift....he had to earn her hand in marriage!  The tendency of men is to try to do something noticable and risky to attract the attention of women they admire!  Saul was hoping David would take unnecessary risks, and die!

(4)-THE SUBTILTY COULD NOT SLOW DAVID-(v.17,19)
Saul here mentions "the Lord's battles" as if he knew anything at all about God!  IT was the politically correct thing to do; say a prayer in public, carry a bible under your armpit, mention God in your speeches.....whlie all along he wants David DEAD!  Then when it came time to give David the wife he had earned in battle, Saul gave her to someone else!  Wicked men rarely keep their words!

(5)-THE SNARE COULD NOT SNATCH DAVID-(v.21)
Remember Merab the older daugther?  Saul has used deceit to entice David into reckless battles...and then gave the woman to another man!  Now Saul offers his younger daughter Michal to David.  Michal geuinely loves David; and the ironic thing is that Her love for David doen't even make Saul jealous.  This tells us that Saul hated David so much that he didn't even think about what his daughter thought!!!  Saul used his own kids as a snare to his thought enemy!
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*YOU KNOW THE LORD IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU ARE:
(1)-POLITE IN YOUR BEHAVIOR-(v.23)-"I am a poor man and lightly esteemed"
(2)-PUNCTUAL IN YOUR BILLS-(v.25)-"dowry-100 foreskins" (minimum) of Philistines--brought 200!
(3)-POPULAR IN YOUR BLESSEDNESS-(v.30)

Popularity is what the world is saying about you!  (Proverbs 16:7-"When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.")