The brokenness of the giant slayer

“David

took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish, King of Gath. So he disguised his sanity before them and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gates and let his saliva run down his beard."

1 Samuel 21:12-13 THE irony of it all is that the giant-slayer was now acting like a madman right within the territory of the enemy, fearing Achish, the King of Goliath, the Philistine! What an unexpected twist of fate what a frustrating change in the tide of life.

Welcome to the brokenness of the giant-slayer. This painful and embarrassing process of humbling a hero is called brokenness! Brokenness usually happens before and after a great spiritual breakthrough. In the case of David, God enrolled him in a series of Brokenness sessions.

It happened before he ruled as King; then again, while ruling as Israel's King. The lesson here is clear, no one graduates from the need of being broken. While God was doing the breaking, David now learned how to respond in a godly way—regardless of his situation.

Remember, it was David who wrote in the Psalms, "A broken spirit and a contrite heart, God will not despise" Take note that bitterness can be mistaken as brokenness.

God doesn't speak to people who are bitter. God speaks to the broken. Let us revisit the scenes where David, the giant-slayer, is humbled and which reflect our need of upliftment. Scene no. ernment, and the outward worship of God.

Try to observe on what is happening in our country. Prove me wrong.

Things happen but we cannot explain very well.

There are groups that want a total change in the government. There are groups that want to separate from the legitimate government.

There are governments that are interested to take away what belongs to our government. There are people who are killed. 1, Brokenness through the anger of a God-rejected King: In the courts of Saul, God allowed a painful assault on David's life. Saul's anger made David see how the mighty was unreliable in times of crisis. 2. In brokenness, God allowed David to be in the territory of the envious enemy.

In the camp of the enemy, David was stripped of his self-confidence. David suffered the loss of image; loses all interest; deprived of his intellect and integrity. The lesson is crystal-clear and it would do well for us to learn from it while we can. Self-confidence is arrogance; godly-confidence is desperate dependence upon God.

In brokenness, it is clear as crystal that gutfeelings end here and grace-awakening begins. In brokenness, we see that the victory of the past is not a guarantee of victory for today.

In the midst of this painful and embarrassing experience, David met God! It was in this state of "madness" that David wrote his best Psalms. One of the most beautiful and truly encouraging verses which we could draw strength from is Psalm 56:3 "Whenever I am afraid, I will put my trust in You."

At the outset, no one will like brokenness... it is a painful and embarrassing thing to experience. As God allows it, let us pray for strength; and as we go through it, let us pray for silence; and as we come out from it, let us pray for surrender. In brokenness we shine; in bitterness we become sour. Thank you for reading, I always write from my heart.SSDavao

There are problems on drugs. We cannot understand climate change. Politicians want what is right but seem not to agree with what right is right.

The problem of the Catholic Church, the leaders of our church, and those who possess the satanic articles are not just symbols like snake wrapped around the cross, pentagram, or a sun with rays. Other than processions, novenas, masses, fiestas and other liturgical services… the priests should also look deeper into the directions and social consciousness of our faith. Don’t be misled by what God doesn’t want us to do for our salvation. SSBacolod chicken meal in a fastfood chain, a second-hand nike shoes from an ukay-ukay store. That is how our congressmen look at the agency that makes sure that our rights as humans are upheld.

Our human rights is viewed by these esteemed ladies and gentlemen to be very cheap. For them, the right of each Filipino is worth only P0.000001.

I am just appalled by some people who call themselves representatives of the people. Did they even read the supreme law of the land? It’s shameful that they do not even try to research what the role of the CHR is. We have leaders who think like baboons, going to the direction where everybody else is going, or maybe just blind followership, or maybe stupidity.

Bottomline is, we are cheap, and we are so proud of it. We live in a country where rights are cheap, and lives are worthless. So help us, Lord.