“‘Let our lord now command your servants who are here with you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then, if the evil spirit from God comes over you, he will play; and it will do you good.’ Sha’ul said to his servants, ‘Find me a man who can play well, […]

“Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.  Saul’s attendants said to him, ‘See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.’”-1 Samuel 16:14-15 If you ever want to know what happens when the Holy Spirit departs from someone, take a good look at Saul. […]

At this point in the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit of God has left King Saul. God’s Spirit was not only the source of wisdom for the Lord’s earthly ruler, but it was also the provider of a stable mind. This left Saul an incapacitated man. Without a sound mind to tackle the many challenges any […]

The Scripture speaks of three separate occasions when David was anointed King. The first occasion was when Samuel anointed David as a NAGID or “king In Waiting”. Now, I’m well aware that verse 13 doesn’t specifically use the phrase “king in waiting”, but verse 1 does and makes it clear this was the reason why […]

It’s interesting to note when David was anointed, the narrator never went out of his way to point out the purpose was to make David King. So it probably wasn’t apparent to those who attended the anointing ceremony, including David’s entire family,  what exactly was going on. At this stage, probably only Samuel and God […]