David in the cave

Testing in the cave of Adullam

Hope arise in the cave

• Your own father did not consider you as a candidate

• Small shepherd boy• Your father’s view about you• You buy people’s view about yourself

The hard lesson from God

• Crisis• Character development• Isolation• Problem solving• networks

The choice you make determine your direction

• Integrity check• Obedience check• Word check

Integrity Check

• Integrity is the foundational for effective leadership; it must be instilled early in a leader’s character

Obedience Check

• Obedience is first learned then taught

Word check

• Leadership gifts primarily involve word gifts, which initially emerge through word checks.

God’s Favor

• Caused jealousy– Job too well done to the extent that others

become jealous– Come within your “own camp”– Wrongly accused– A fugitive– Where is justice?

God’s training

• Mean years of difficult• Unfair treatment• Will he take things into his own hands?• Not his right to remove Saul (boss)• Recognized the office• Even followers will wrongly advising

God’s train His leader on the road of leadership

• Unfairness• Crisis• Isolation• doubts

Types of Adullam cave

• Doubt• Persecution• Sickness• Bereavement• Conflict in relationship• BetrayalThere is no cave dark enough to shut out God

David’s respond

• Operate righteously• With justice

When the sovereign God brings us to nothing, it is to reroute our lives, not to end them.

Own sin led you to the cave of isolation

• Pride• Arrogance• Presumption• Notoriety• Strategic error• Lack of discernment

Purposes to in this cave

• Sanctify our lives• Need to repent– Gain the freedom of this process items

• Perform deeper work• Bring deliverance from our places of bondage• Bring us into maturity• joy

• Discover our true self • Purpose in Him• Closest relationships

40 years lesson

• Humble you• Test you• What was in your heart• Keep His commandments

Isolations removes things

• Removes things that hinder us• Force us to draw deep upon His grace