"Because He Cares"

"Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they bring many that fight against me, O Thou Most High." (Psalms 56:2) Sometimes you just need to release a little pressure, and sometimes you can't even open your mouth to make your request known; it's pretty much all about knowing what you really need, because in most cases, we do not know what we really need, but God does; He always knows what we need, and He cares about what we need. That's something I think we tend to overlook in the busyness of our life; not because we don't think about it, because we think about it a lot; but because we don't see it happening. If we could only see the real battle that is going on all around, the spiritual battle that is happening everywhere, then just maybe we might make some different choices in our lives; and we would surely have a whole new set of needs to be asking God to give us. David really did not know what to do, and it would appear that he did not spend any time seeking God's advise; he just picked the one place where Saul would not follow after him, and he made that his choice. The last time he was there, he was alone and acted crazy; this time he had 600 men, their families, and two of his wives; this time, he was an army, and would require more than just a room and a bed. If you could imagine what this might have looked like, a little awkward might be kind of an understatement; but nonetheless, king Achtish received them into his royal city; and when David asked him, the king gave David the city of Ziklag to dwell in. I don't know why, but I find it kind of interesting that David and his men were allowed to find favor with king of the Philistines, seeing how many of them he had been praised for killing; the last time he was there, he overheard them speaking about how we was praised by his people for "killing his ten thousands", so it was no secret that David was a Philistine slayer; as it was, Goliath was from Gath, so David surely had to have a reputation. Beyond what might appear to be something that looks like it could be a bad idea, if God is with you, then you can trust that He will get you through whatever you might step into, even if you have done something that you maybe should not have done; after all, He knows all things, and if He knows everything, we should be very thankful that He cares for us... "Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prisons, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am the LORD; that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them." (Isaiah 42:5-9)