The Meaning Of Life

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I can think of no other answer but mental illness as to why Saul is acting the way he is. If he was consistent in being against David, I would simply say he had turned from God and was now serving Satan, but Saul keeps switching sides. One minute either his son convinced him that David is not a threat and Saul takes David back in, or Saul has a “distressing spirit” and they send David to play the harp for him, and the next minute he is once again throwing his spear at David, trying to kill him, or ordering his servants to kill David when they see him, or sending messengers to find David to kill him. And Saul switches from one side to the other so fast, it’ll make your head spin!

Twice David hides from Saul, but arranges for Jonathon to signal him about Saul’s intention, and finally David gives up and decides that he must leave, fleeing Saul. Now David had God on his side. He slew the giant, Goliath. He could easily kill Saul in self-defense, but David is above that. David still has respect and loyalty for Saul because Saul is still the king.

So now, we come to another psalm. There are 150 psalms, but they are not in chronological order, nor are they dispersed throughout the Bible as they occurred in history. For example, we already covered Psalm 90, the Psalm of Moses, now we come to one of the first of many Psalms of David. And I’ve sworn off many research materials as I’ve expressed my desire to stay away from the interpretations of man (which may be wrong), but in this case, curiosity God the best of me, and I had to know the answer about psalms. And I learned something new today.

If this information is correct, you can found how the various psalms were organized into the Book of Psalms by visiting this website. https://christianfaithguide.com/what-are-the-5-books-of-psalms/

At one point, Saul sent messengers to David’s house to bring him to Saul so Saul could kill him, and David’s wife Michal, Saul’s daughter, helped David escape. It was after this, that David wrote Psalm 59. Incidentally, there are five psalms that are described as “michtams” of which the definition isn’t certain, but it is believed that it is a sacred or “golden” psalm.

In this psalm, David is praying to God for protection from his enemies, then he talks about the greatness of God and His abilities, and finally he ends with praises for God.

Can you see the difference between Saul and David. Saul meets trouble and he tries to handle it himself; David meets trouble and he turns to God. No wonder Saul is mentally ill. Those were tough times back then. Those were times when you hurled a rock at your enemy and killed him, then cut off his head with his own sworn and brought the head to your king. Now I’ve seen some bad things in my career as a firefighter and I foolishly tried to handle it on my own, but there were times I had to turn to God to keep going. Unfortunately I was stubborn and still stick with God as long as I should have, and as a result, I still have some vivid memories of those time to this day.

I know it is hard when you’re used to facing your own problems, but in my experience, it always turns out better when you turn to God. God loves you, and He wants to protect and help you, but you have to go to Him for that to happen. God gives free will, you can choose to handle life on your own like Saul, or you can choose to handle life with God, like David.

And I think scripture is pretty clear about which method works the best.