August 18, 2012 – 1 Samuel 21 – 22
We see this short scene with David takes the holy bread.  Jesus mentions this story when the Scribes try to corner Him when the Apostles were eating or picking grain out of the field on the Sabbath.
David is on the run, but not really remaining hidden.  As soon as he gets to the caves his family comes to him and soon many others join him. 
Well, all that restraint of Saul seems to have gone out the window now.  He wouldn’t actually kill David, he held his hand to Jonathon, but the priest and his family, and the whole town, were the tipping point.  After this slaughter, there seems to be really nothing Saul might not do to kill David or to keep his power.  That is the thing about sin.  It may start off small and you may even be able to resist it for a time, but if you don’t actually tackle to real issue, it will eventually defeat you and sin in a way you might have never thought possible.  This is the same Saul that started out in such a great way, not even wanting to be king.  Slowly we have seen him turn his back on God, and even though he has resisted certain acts and held his hand, we see know what it was building to.  The damn has broken.  The slaughter of an innocent person, family, city, because of his jealousy, unwarranted jealousy at that.