The graphics on this worship video are outstanding and show all of the power of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture
Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah”; so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s men and they also prophesied. Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied. Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Secu. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”

“Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.

So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even upon him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth. He stripped off his robes and also prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay that way all that day and night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” 1 Samuel 19:19-24

Observation
David was in a fix. The king with eyes everywhere and men anywhere was after him and there was no safe place to hide. David was one man against the world. He was Matt Damon, Bourne Identity, alone and hated. How would Jack Bauer get out of this one?

Through out his life, God would rescue David in many ways. A sling shot and stone one time. The wife of his enemy another time. Hiding behind a toilet on one occasion. Living as an exile in the house of his greatest enemy yet again. But of all the ways that God saved David’s skin, the time at Samuel’s house was the most unusual and desirable.

Samuel was an old preacher man whose greatest weapon was a horn of oil and his prayer life. He wasn’t much to run to for protection. But Pastor Samuel’s house was the safest place on earth for David because the Holy Spirit settled down on his home. The oil that had been poured onto the head of the shepherd boy grew into a force-field of the anointing that glowed like radiation throughout the parsonage, down the streets, through the city walls and into the highways surrounding the whole county. God saved David by his radiant presence. No armies, no bows and arrows, no spears and swords, no slingshots and stones were used. Instead, Samuel and David had a Holy Ghost prayer meeting, in the worship heaven broke out and without even a word spoken people who were nearby were overwhelmed with the presence of God.

Application
Of all the ways that God can protect his purposes in a human life, rescue by revival is to me the most appealing. Who would want simply to get what he wanted done at any cost, if instead even those who oppose God could come out of the experience transformed by the Lord? “Let the Holy Spirit come” should be our prayer in times of strife. The presence of God delivered David so that even his enemies prophesied to bless him. The anointing can surround every one on the forward path and enable them to overcome.

Prayer
Holy Spirit come down! Subdue us with your power and let us work powerfully in you. If you can use an old preacher man to protect David on the run from Saul in pursuit, then your power is great indeed. Let us not get our way until you have your way in all of our hearts. Amen.