August 22, 2012 – 1 Samuel 23

We have a very interesting scene here that I don’t recall ever hearing before.  While David is in exile and hiding from Saul, he hears of a city in Israel that is under attack.  David takes it upon himself to lead his men to save the city.  He does this knowing that Saul is trying to kill him.  I was trying to think of a similar situation.  The closest I could come to is if during the Civil War, General Lee heard that Canada was attacking Chicago.  David’s actions would be like Lee going right into the enemies hands for the greater good of the nation he felt loyalty for.  It isn’t exactly a match, but it gives you a sense of the risk and the loyalty that were involved in such an action.  Saul does hear about it and, instead of being grateful for David’s action, sends and army down to kill David.  We continue to see this complete tunnel vision of Saul.  His only focus is on killing David. 

Perhaps we are seeing that in this election.  It appears that President Obama has tunnel vision.  The only thing he seems concerned about is re-election.  When you look at his campaign, the rhetoric, how he describes where the country is, it doesn’t seem based in reality.  He has blinders on to anything but getting 4 more years.