Losing Sight of Christ

Losing Sight of Christ

And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”  Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

I Samuel 27:1-2

Sustained pressure upon us, often brings us to the breaking point. David was there. As an innocent man, hounded up and down the countryside by his father-in-law, the king, David, finally hit his breaking point. In a de facto way, he lost his sight of Christ. When we lose sight of Christ, several things happen. We cease to practically live as if God is truly Sovereign. Because we do, we resort to behavior in which we, in more spiritual moments, would not engage. David left the country and began to work as a mercenary for Achish, one of the lords of the Philistines. Because he was raiding in places that would have been politically sensitive, he went out of his way to leave no survivors as witnesses. When Achish asked him what he had been doing, he deliberately misled him. When we lose our sight of Christ, we end up in places we should not be, doing things we should not do. This may last for a good while. The problem is that there are Inevitable consequences of the choices we make. David would suffer the effects of those choices. None of us are exempt from such failings. Under the right kind of pressure, we may all crack very easily. Today, let us seek the Lord’s Face, that He will evermore enable us to look to Christ. Let us pray that He will enable us to continually have a clear sight of Him, that we not fall into the depths of darkness that comes with losing sight of Him.

Our Great and Gracious God,
we praise You, that You are there, even when we lose sight of You.
Evermore give unto us, a greater sight of Christ,
and by that, uplift our souls.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning