11 Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.” 12 So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped. 13 Michal took the [f]household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. 14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” 15 Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on [g]his bed, that I may put him to death.” 16 When the messengers entered, behold, the [h]household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head. 17 So Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I put you to death?’”
18 Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19 It was told Saul, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.” 20 Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied. 21 When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 22 Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.” 23 He [i]proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and [j]lay down [k]naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Saul was bound and determined to be rid of David, but he was unaware of one thing. He was fighting against God’s plan by trying to kill David. For this was the one anointed to replace Saul as king of Israel.
The worst place in the whole world to find yourself is fighting against God, the creator and sustainer of the universe. Now sometimes, like Saul, you might do so accidentally. For certainly, you can be fighting against God without trying to kill someone.
Instead, seek God and His plan for your life. Chase after Him, so that you will not find yourself with the dubious honor of contending with the almighty God. Rather, you will have the honor of serving the greatest one in the universe. The one who spoke worlds into existence, yet loves you as His own child.