God was also David ’ s consultant and David never took a step or entered into any battle without consulting with God . on his way to invade the city because of him . He turned to his mentor to learn what to do next .
A close look at the life of David reveals that God was all of the things mentioned above to him , and so it would be correct to say that God was his mentor . As a young boy , David spent a considerable portion of his time alone with the sheep , and there is no record that he had human company with him ; this is where God found him and began to mentor him . There are a few events in the life of David that attest to this fact .
As a young man he was skilled in the art of fighting ; he single-handedly fought and killed a lion and a bear before he killed Goliath . Who taught him how to fight ? The answer is simple ; God taught him how to fight . David revealed this in the Psalms when he said , speaking of God , “ He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms ” ( Psalm 18:34 ). God trained David so well that David never lost any battle throughout his lifetime . God has never lost any battle so He taught David how to win all battles . God is a war general , and the commander of the heavenly armies and David became a war general who raised and commanded an earthly army of mighty men .
God was also David ’ s consultant and David never took a step or entered into any battle without consulting with God . Two scenes come to mind at this point ; in the first , David went to save the city of Keilah that was under attack by the Philistines , and while he was there , news came that Saul was
God was also David ’ s consultant and David never took a step or entered into any battle without consulting with God . on his way to invade the city because of him . He turned to his mentor to learn what to do next .
“ Then said David , O Lord God of Israel , thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah , to destroy the city for my sake . Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand ? Will Saul come down , as thy servant hath heard ? O Lord God of Israel , I beseech thee , tell thy servant . And the Lord said , He will come down . Then said David , Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul ? And the Lord said , They will deliver thee up . Then David and his men , which were about six hundred , arose and departed out of Keilah , and went whithersoever they could go . And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah ; and he forbare to go forth ” ( 1 Samuel 23:10-13 ).
The second incidence is the kidnapping of David ’ s wives and children along with the wives and children of his men . Again , he consulted with God and was told what to do . We see this account in 1 Samuel 30:7-19 . “ And David said to Abiathar the priest , Ahimelech ' s son , I pray thee , bring me hither the ephod . And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David . And David enquired at the Lord , saying , Shall I pursue after this troop ? shall I overtake them ? And he answered him , Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them , and without fail recover all . So David went , he and the six hundred men that were with him , and came to the brook Besor , where those that were left behind stayed . But David pursued , he and four
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