1 samuel 16: 14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit that filled him with depression and fear. 15 Some of Saul’s servants said to him, “A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you.

16 Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.” 17 “All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.” 18 One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the Lord is with him.” 19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.” 20 Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine. 21 So David went to Saul and began serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor bearer.

22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse asking, “Please let David remain in my service, for I am very pleased with him.” 23 And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.

we never imagine a tomenting spirit would come from God.. yet here it is.. in the word of God... I am ever amazed at how little people actually know God and the things that He would do.. people would think anything unpleasant comes from the enemy and that is surely not the truth... God is the one that put the Israelites in slavery... God has been known to open up the earth and swallow people up... but people don't really read their bible so they don't really know anything... they have no reverence of God.. no real fear of His power... and we should... all of us should....

saul loves david very much in the beginning.. but before long he is trying to kill him because of insecurity and jealousy... I am deciding that insecurity is really a horrible beast... I never used to be insecure... I was very confident... it seems the closer I get to God the less confident I get... and that really doesn't make any sense to me...

when david would play the harp saul would feel better and the tormenting spirit would go away... idk what that is about.. but it makes me think.. how often could we be soothing to people who are tormented.. and we choose not to be bothered... I would think I am fairly guilty of this... I think we definitely have a responsibility to others... we have to take this responsibility to people more seriously... we always think we are only responsible to ourselves...

Lord I pray you will never send a tormenting spirit... I pray that you will never take your spirit from us... I pray that when we are able to help soothe people.. we would do everything we can to do so.. I say these things in Jesus name.. amen.amen.amen.