I Samuel 30:6-7
“David strengthened himself with trust in his GOD. He ordered Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, ‘Bring me the Ephod so I can consult God.’ Abiathar brought it to David.”
“But David found strength in the Lord his God. Then he said to Abiathar the priest, ‘Bring me the ephod!’ So Abiathar brought it.”
David is the best kind of leader, one who knows his limits and the One who meets him there. The outlaw’s home had been razed to the ground and all wives and children taken as slaves. The riffraff among the men were turning mutinous. David knew he faced a problem only God could solve. In I Samuel 22:20-21 the lone priest, Abiathar, escaped Saul’s murderous rampage at Nob. Abiathar brought with him the sacred items used to discern God’s will. They allowed David to call upon God for guidance and he needed it now. God spoke and enabled exhausted men to mount an exhausting rescue. When, like David, we reach the end of ourselves we find God waiting, delighting to provide and direct, because he loves us so.
Lord, the things I do in my own effort are temporal. Instead, may eternity ever be my reference point. Let me always seek you, responding to your guidance. There is no safer, or restful, place to be. I praise you, my rescuer, my love.