Day 69: November 27, 2025 – I Samuel 16-20 and Psalm 59

Who doesn’t love a good story about David? There are quite a few of them in our reading for today. We see David as a youth take down Goliath even as his brothers are frightened by this soldier that no other Israelite wants to face. It is interesting that it seems like Saul has never met David before, and that his advisers don’t know who he is, because when he kills him Saul asks who he is. If you remember earlier David played in Saul’s court when he would be tormented. Saul then makes him a soldier and becomes jealous when the women of the town regale David more highly than Saul.

There is also a very interesting dynamic between Jonathan and David whose souls become bound to each other. This description of the love that these two men have for each other should not threaten us. Some jump to conclusions that this must be interpreted in a way that is not fraternal, but why do we impose 21st century morality on a beautiful story of friendship that contains the type of profundity that we ought to have with our Savior. Our desire ought to be that we have friendships where our souls are bound to each other as a result of our common love for our Savior.