He took off his royal robes and prophesied before Samuel and lay down stripped thus all that day and night. So they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? – 1 Samuel 19:24, Amplified Bible (AMP)

For the first seven years we had children, I was a stay-at-home dad. One of those days, life was clicking along just fine until I encountered my worst nightmare. 

My elder daughter was still a toddler, and it was nap time. I was in my office working when I heard cooing through the baby monitor, so I set aside my work and headed towards my daughter’s room to get her up from her nap. There, right before my eyes, stood a two-year-old holding her diaper in her hands, triumphantly smiling as if she had conquered some dastardly foe. The crib she stood in was no longer white, and the walls surrounding her were no longer blue and pink.  They now had a new color – a darker color – and when I surveyed the scene, I froze, my jaw dropped, and I went into complete panic mode. I had met my enemy, and it was too much for me, so I did what every intelligent man would do in the same situation: I called my wife! I phoned my wife, asked her to please take a personal day from work, and pleaded for her to come home so she could help me clean the place up!

In 1 Samuel 19, Saul’s jealousy raged against David once more, forcing David to flee the palace for his life. Knowing that there is no safer place to be than in the presence of God, David fled to Samuel, and the two of them took refuge in Naioth in Ramah. Three times Saul sent messengers to seize David, and three times the messengers failed to fulfill their orders. In each case, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers, foiling their plans by turning them into temporary prophets of God. After his third band of executioners failed, Saul decided to go to Naioth himself. Then, just as before, the Spirit of God prevailed, and Saul’s murderous thoughts were replaced with praises to The Lord.

In Psalm 18:10 (AMP) David aptly wrote:

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.

When our enemies – both earthly and spiritual – attack, it won’t take long for them to overpower us. To combat them successfully, we need to develop the habit of running immediately to our Strong Tower, the One who is able to turn the murderer into a prophet, and the jealous into a friend. Take refuge in your Strong Tower, not your own strength, and when you do you’ll find protection in Him that you would never be able to secure for yourself.

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