20 And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him. I thought this was pretty cool. They didn't have any prophets or kings or intercessors or prayer teams. These guys were just in the middle of a battle in a desperate time and threw it out there. I'm guessing their lives were lived in a way that this was their instinct, and the ability to "trust in him" in such a time was a learned discipline. I guess a couple things I'm taking away from this. God doesn't need anything but my voice (maybe not even that) to hear and respond to my cries. And when the battles come I need to be prepared so that my instinct is to cry out to Him and trust Him. I think right now, my instinct is to go into "I" can do it mode. It kinda works. I've made it this far at least, but I'm sure with this kind of trust and relationship I could do much more and experience much more peace in my life.

Some of these histories coincide with Saul. It made me remember that the story of Saul and David was just a small part of what was happening in Israel and beyond. God is busy! I should never forget that he's busy in my life as well as everyone else's.