1 Samuel 21:1-15
David’s wandering life is about to begin. He goes to Nob to Ahimelech the priest.
The Lord recalled this incident to the Jews to prove to them that everything (including the law) must be subject to their Messiah of whom David is the type (Mark 2:25-26).
Before facing our difficulties, before undertaking anything, let us go to Jesus, our great High Priest. Let us ask Him, like David, for food and a sword. His Word, received and understood, will supply us by faith with the one and the other.
Alas, we now hear a lie from David’s lips (v. 2). Then, another failure, he seeks refuge with Israel’s enemies and feigns to be mad before Achish, a Philistine prince. What a sad scene! Is he not the LORD’s anointed, the victor over Goliath, a picture formerly of the Lord Jesus?
It is a sad sight too when a Christian forgets that he is a representative of Christ and acts before the world like a madman!
But it is comforting to learn from the title of Psalms 34 that after his mistake, David is restored and could compose this remarkable psalm with the help of the Spirit. "I will bless the LORD at all times" (Psalms 34:1).