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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