Real Talk with Trinese Duplessis

The Story I will discuss is derived from I Samuel 17, 18, 19 Chapters: Old Testament

King Saul reigned over Israel for at least 40 years plus. He was a very tall man and stood over the people in height. However, the people wanted a King, so God gave them Saul. But Saul started turning away from the ways of the Lord, and the Lord took His Spirit from him. God had His eyes on a young man name David, a rugged, handsome musician, and a keeper of the field. God set it up where David would arrive in Israel to play music in front of King Saul, for King Saul had an evil spirit on him, and he was restless and mad. David was a skillful player of the harp, and Saul was pleased with David.

There was a Giant Philistine named Goliath who was 7 feet tall, he was a great enemy of the people of Israel. David wanted to challenge him, and Saul did not think he was qualified to kill Goliath because he was so young and inexperienced. But David explained to him how God allowed him to kill a lion and a bear on his own, and he escaped death. So Saul put his armor on him to go, but David took the armor off and decided to just bring a stick and 5 stones. And Behold he killed Goliath by slinging the stone to his forehead. The people of Israel rejoiced, and King Saul was astonished and wanted to know where David came from, and who his family was.

Now this is when the Jealousy started. The People of Israel starting singing and playing music over the victory. They said “Saul has slain his thousands, and David slain his ten thousands”. This ticked Saul off and he plotted to kill him. Saul became very evil and hateful towards David, but the people loved him. David was humble, kind and loved Saul. Saul offered his oldest daughter to David to marry, but David felt he was not worthy to be a King’s son-in-law. Saul was going to have him marry her and get him set up to be killed by the Philistines. Next Plot was to get him to marry his other daughter who really loved David. He refused again, but Saul sent his people to David to encourage him to marry his daughter. David agreed, But Saul’s son Jonathan knew of the plot and warned David. Jonathan loved David like he was his brother, and he wanted to protect him. Also, Saul’s Daughter protected him from the plot, and she allowed David to escapee Saul’s wrath.

The moral of this great story is, A king was jealous of someone God had favor with. he plotted to get him killed at least three times and failed. Many of you have Saul’s in your life, you love these people, bless them, help them, honor them. But they hate the ground you walk on. It hurts us when people turn on us, and we have been good to them. pray for discernment, so you can know who is for you and who is against you. Please read I Samuel chapters 15 on. David becomes king in the end. You are chosen to be something, and many will try to kill your purpose before you can fulfill it.