"THE LORD IS WITH ME"

1 Samuel 26:14-23 (KJV) "But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and WAS WELL, and the EVIL SPIRIT DEPARTED from him." EVIL is all around us. Like a Master Chef, GOD can use "evil" ingredients to complete the recipe, to accomplish HIS plan. But, you say, GOD is love! HE would never do _________, would HE? In 1 Samuel 15, GOD instructed King Saul to annihilate the Amalekites. All they WERE AND ALL THEY HAD was to be destroyed! Yet, King Saul, used his own thoughts and developed his own plan. When I abandon GOD's will for my life, the consequences are usually not good! GOD can use "evil" to bring about "good" in the end. GOD can use "good" to bring about "good" in the end. I will not attempt to elevate myself above GOD by assuming that the evil in this world is from the enemy. The enemy has been defeated on Calvary, we need to keep that in mind. When my spirit is troubled, I start looking for answers, much like King Saul did. The king's servants had observed David and KNEW "the LORD is with him". Like David, I may need to "take a harp" and play for my KING and turn the evil spirits away! I need to live my life so that others KNOW that "the LORD is with" me!