David's time in the wilderness evading Saul was a time of extreme testing for him. God also puts us through wilderness testing to exercise and prove our faith.

In 1 Samuel 22, the struggle between Saul and David symbolizes the conflict between the Antichrist and Christ's church revealed in Revelation.

The way in which God was with David when he fled from Saul and subsequently escaped from Achish, the king of Gath, is the same way he is with us and working through his people today.

David first needed the protection of Jonathan's friendship, and then God's spirit among the prophets, and now the covenant he made with Jonathan which reflects the Covenant of Grace that God has with David's descendants.

The manifestation of the Holy Spirit at this moment in David's life was extraordinary but was simply making visible the presence and work of the Spirit in David's life every day.

As we consider the friends that David acquired and subsequently lost following his encounter with Goliath, we will see what a friend we have in Jesus and the loyalty that we owe to him.

When David killed Goliath a new giant began to threaten the nation of Israel: Saul's envy of David.

Christ's resurrection at Easter is the pivot upon which everything in the Christian faiths turns. We either reject the resurrection of Christ and remain blind to the truth or we believe and trust in Christ and are released from the power of sin and death.

The story of 1 Samuel turns on this chapter, with the anointing of David and his service to Saul. David means, “Beloved.” David was chosen because God saw him and loved him.