Life is messy. Things happen that just don’t make sense. Emotions run high and things get said that ruin relationships. Friends and family members we love and trust do things that hurt us and we do the same to them. We do things that we know aren’t right, we lie and allow our perspective to dictate what we believe to be true. And that’s just scratching the surface of the complicated nature of our relationships! I didn’t even touch on the realities of politics domestic and abroad, international relations, or historical realities. Life. Is. Messy. It’s part of living in this world as broken and marred by sin as ours is. But thankfully, mercifully, and sovereignly, God’s Word reflects the brokenness of our world and cuts through it with truth we desperately need.

As we continue our look at the life of David in our series "The Great Exchange" we come to a passage of Scripture that is complicated to say the least. It’s high on the list of most hard-to-read, and gets to the heart of our brokenness, the complicated nature of life, the unfortunate reality of betrayal, and the devastatingly deplorable results of sin. But in the midst of the deep darkness of this story, the light of God’s sovereignty shines through, and gives us a hopeful confidence to cling to in the messiness of life. How ever your week has gone, whatever burden you’re carrying from the week behind, God has truth for us to cling to in our brokenness.

Series: The Great Exchange

Jordan Coros

Message 6- From Betrayal to Confidence - part 1

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: 1 Samuel 21:1-9; 22:6-23

October 20, 2024

I can be confident amid all the brokenness knowing…

1. Life: complicated (21:1-9; 22:6-8)

David and Ahimelech

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/david-and-ahimelech

Was it wrong for David to eat the showbread in 1 Samuel 21:1–6?https://www.gotquestions.org/David-showbread.html

Human need must not be subjected to barren legalism.

Leon Morris

2. People: betray (22:9-19)

1 Samual 14

Acts 5:29

1 Samual 15:9

Matthew 24:10

Reproaches from those who have been intimate with us, and trusted by us, cut to the quick; and they are usually so well acquainted with our peculiar weaknesses that they know how to touch us where we are most sensitive, and to speak so as to do us most damage.

Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of David

Micah 7:5-7

3. God: redeems (22:20-23)

Ephesians 1:7

Galatians 1:4

Most of the time, we too don't know how the Lord will cause “all things [to] work together for good" (Rom. 8:28). Instead, as those who live by faith—faith in a good and

gracious Father, a loving Savior, and a comforting Spirit—we trust that he is good. And rather than seeking answers to all our questions, we seek instead to live in the light of Christ's cross, where good reigns eternal amidst the dark and evil chaos of the world he came to save.

Chad Bird, Limping with God: Jacob and the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship