How God Works: David’s Deliverance at Keilah (1 Samuel 23:1-8) [Audio]

Lifepoint Baptist Church
Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister
lpforme.com Wednesday Night Sermon
Title: How God Works
Date: July 9, 2025
Passage: 1 Samuel 23:1-8 In this sermon, Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister unpacks the story of David’s deliverance at Keilah, showing how God’s guidance and provision shine through when we seek His will. Learn how David’s faith and obedience led to victory, and how we can trust God’s direction in our own lives. 1 Samuel 23:1-8
1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2 Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3 And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
６And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.