Day 71: November 29, 2025 – I Samuel 26-31 and Psalm 57

The demise of Saul is hard to watch because we can’t help but wonder: what if? Do you ever find yourself in that state of mind where you are asking yourself, what if? What if I had made a different decision, taken a different job, dated a different person, spent my money on something else, didn’t go with that person and make a mistake. Our lives could be filled with what ifs, but instead should be filled with: this is the direction that the Lord wants me to go and I am going to go that direction no matter what. Saul was a tormented soul, he battled with jealousy and self-doubt and as a result made decisions that worked against him time after time.

In these final chapters of Samuel we see his death along with the death of his children. We can imagine how upset David will be for the death of Jonathan, maybe not so much for Saul. Psalm 57 is a psalm where David asks for protection from Saul after he pursues him all over Israel. In these chapters he decides he has had enough of that and goes and lives with the Philistines with whom he would be safe because Saul would not be able to go and pursue him. Let’s see what happens as David tries to take the throne.