In 1 Samuel 22:6-23, Saul uses his power to kill and destroy, while David offers refuge and safekeeping, pointing us to Jesus Christ - the King who protects and saves all who take refuge in him, even when the destructive powers of this world seem to have the upper hand.
In 1 Samuel 21:1-22:5, we see God faithfully preserving, providing for, delivering, and directing his anointed king, David, through desperate circumstances, reminding us to trust God's faithfulness even when we cannot see where his purposes are leading.
In 1 Samuel 20, Jonathan shows us what it looks like to remain faithful to God’s anointed King even when that allegiance is costly, while David’s covenant faithfulness points us to Christ, whose covenant love gives us security in the midst of uncertainty and frees us to follow him at any cost.
In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus teaches us that although following him doesn't exempt us from the storms of life, we can trust him because he is Lord over every storm and is with us in the midst of it.
In 1 Samuel 19, we see that although evil may appear to triumph, God sovereignly preserves his Anointed and ultimately establishes the reign of his true and better King, Jesus Christ.
In 1 Samuel 18:17-30, we see that no one can stop God's chosen King from receiving what God has determined to give him. The question that this passage confronts each one of us with is: Will you love Jesus, or will you fear him?
In 1 Samuel 18:1-16, Jonathan and Saul respond very differently to God's chosen king, reminding us that every heart must ultimately decide how it will respond to God's true and better King, Jesus Christ.
In 1 Samuel 17:31-58, the Lord vindicates his own name by securing the salvation of his people through his anointed king so that all the earth may know that he alone is God, which points forward to Jesus Christ, the true and better David, whose victory over sin and death became his people's victory, though we did nothing to accomplish it ourselves.
In 1 Samuel 17:1-30, we learn that God's people must interpret every battle through the greatness of the living God rather than the greatness of their circumstances.
In 1 Samuel 16:14-23, we learn that our deepest problem is not our restless hearts but our alienation from God because of sin, and that only God's Anointed King, Jesus Christ, can give the lasting peace that no earthly remedy can provide.