Running to God

God delivers generous love, he makes good on his word.
Psalm 57:5, The Message


"While Saul was the occasion for David's being in the wilderness, Saul neither defined nor dominated the wilderness. The wilderness was full of God, not Saul.

Wilderness, in itself, makes nothing happen. Saul and David were both in the wilderness. Saul was running after David, obsessed with hunting him down, his life narrowed to a murderous squint. Meanwhile, David was running to God and finding himself in his God-refuge praying, wide eyed in wonder, taking in the glory, awake and ready for God's generous love, for the God who "makes good on his word." "

Leap Over A Wall


God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson.