1 Samuel 29:9
“I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said ‘He must not go up with us in this battle’.
In the third season of our favorite TV series Fringe, the female lead Olivia Dunham is trapped in the parallel universe while her alternate, they’ll call her Fauxlivia, took on her shoes as instructed by her superiors. In a conversation with another from-there-based-here, one who supplies her with the intel she needed to thwart, she was warned that her cover may be intact for the moment, but if she’s isn’t committed, if she’s not willing to give up her integrity and self-respect for her mission, she will fail. Being a driven woman, she gave in to his ill-counsel. The compromise did preserve her cover long enough. But it did poke her wedding engagement to break up.
David put it upon himself to cross pagan lines. It was not his first time to play pretense in Achish land. His first character role was a madman. Now he’s on his military rear. In chapter 27, he tried to sneak around this king by concealing his continued pursuit against Israel’s enemies. David conducted himself well as proven by the commendations ‘reliable and faultless’. His plan seems working. But moving there meant he stripped his homeland the advantage of having an asset. The Philistines may have felt Israel’s vulnerability and so they decided for war again. David was tapped and trapped. Either way, he will lose everything. Such is the course of those who stand in the way of sinners, or thought they’re strong enough for a fall. But God is faithful. What is impossible now for David, He made passable. God hardened the hearts of the Philistine commanders against David that they demanded for his pull out from their ranks. Unknowingly, they were pulling him out of this snare as well. I can almost hear David’s ‘Whew!’ when he left their camp the next morning.
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