Rash And Impulsive Decisions…..

I always wondered why King Saul sent David to fight Goliath? The fate of all Israel rested on a teenage sheep herder. How could Saul make such an impulsive, rash decision? He didn’t even know who David was. How could he trust David to do as he said he would do? It boggles my mind. The good news is it was in God’s plan for it to happen, but Saul didn’t know this because God’s Spirit had left him. Just goes to show us without a connection to God, we all make rash and impulsive decisions. We should, instead of being like Saul, go to God with all of our decisions; that way we at least know He’s taken part of the process. Involving God in our decision-making is rational, and the only way to be certain we went about it in the right manner. No guarantee things will be as we wish, but it does show God where we put our confidence (in Him).

32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”33 “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!” 1 Samuel 17:32-37

55 As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?”“I really don’t know,” Abner declared.56 “Well, find out who he is!” the king told him.57 As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand. 58 “Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said.And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.” 1 Samuel 17:55-58