Tagging Along With Jesus

# 361 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 26:5,6, “So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him. 6 Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."(1 Sam 26:5,6) Please note where Saul and Abner were sleeping. They were in the middle of their troops. The only way to get to them was to sneak through all the others. What a foolhardy mission! Yet, David decides to go down to Saul. That means that he must tiptoe through the whole camp in order to stand next to him. What is he thinking? What can such a dangerous move gain for him? What can he possibly hope to accomplish? I ask you again to think in terms of types. David is a type of Christ and Saul a type of Satan. Jesus tiptoed into our world (the devils camp) in a manger in a little town called Bethlehem. The devil, (like Saul seeking to destroy David) sought to destroy Jesus. First through Herod in Bethlehem, then through temptation in the wilderness and Gethsemane, and finally on a cross outside Jerusalem. It was in Jesus' power (as it was in David's power to kill Saul on several occasions) to destroy the devil at any time. He often demonstrated this power over the devil as he cast out demons and healed people of their diseases. But like David, He leaves the timing of the ultimate destruction of Satan to the Father. This mission of David's serves as a picture of what Jesus has done to the devil. And is clarified for us in Col 2:12-15, “buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” Through baptism and faith we are like Abishai, responding to David's invitation to come along to the enemy's camp, confident of ultimate success, only we are confidently tagging along with Jesus. Father, thank You for reminding us again of the victory we have in Jesus.