3rd.: The Righteous Shall be Glad in the Lord
To elude King Saul, David fled to Philistia.
The Philistines gave him the village called Ziklag (see 1st Sam 27:1-6).
While David, and his men, attended to official business with the Philistines in Aphek, the Amalekites plundered Ziklag.
The Amalekites stole the wives and children. When David returned to Ziklag, he learned about the Amalekite raid (see 1st Sam 29:1-30:3).
David’s distressed men grumbled, even to the point of considering killing David (1st Sam. 30:6a-b).
“But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. And David inquired at the Lord, saying, ‘Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them?’” (1st Sam. 30:6d, 8a).
While everyone else sulked, David knew where to get help. He did not gripe about why God let his wives be kidnapped. Rather, he accepted the situation for what it was (even if he did not like it), and remembered from past situations that God would help him. And the Lord answered (1st Sam. 30:8b), “Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.” The rest of 1st Sam 30 describes how David’s pursuit worked out.
Likewise, we may not like the unpleasant situations handed to us. Instead of grumbling among each other (and getting no good solution), if we take the situations to the Lord, we can get His help.
“The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.” (Ps. 64:10)