撒母耳記下5:17-25

5:17 非利士人聽見人膏大衛作以色列王，非利士眾人就上來尋索大衛；大衛聽見，就下到保障。
5:18 非利士人來了，布散在利乏音谷。
5:19 大衛求問耶和華說：「我可以上去攻打非利士人嗎？你將他們交在我手裡嗎？」耶和華說：「你可以上去，我必將非利士人交在你手裡。」
5:20 大衛來到巴力‧毘拉心，在那裡擊殺非利士人，說：「耶和華在我面前沖破敵人，如同水沖去一般。」因此稱那地方為巴力‧毘拉心。
5:21 非利士人將偶像撇在那裡，大衛和跟隨他的人拿去了。
5:22 非利士人又上來，布散在利乏音谷。
5:23 大衛求問耶和華；耶和華說：「不要一直地上去，要轉到他們後頭，從桑林對面攻打他們。
5:24 你聽見桑樹梢上有腳步的聲音，就要急速前去，因為那時耶和華已經在你前頭去攻打非利士人的軍隊。」
5:25 大衛就遵著耶和華所吩咐的去行，攻打非利士人，從迦巴直到基色。

17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold.18 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.19 So David asked the LORD, "Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?"
  The LORD replied to David, "Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you."
  20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. "The LORD did it!" David exclaimed. "He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!" So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means "the Lord who bursts through").21 The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.
  22 But after a while the Philistines returned and again spread out across the valley of Rephaim.23 And again David asked the LORD what to do. "Do not attack them straight on," the LORD replied. "Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar* trees.24 When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the LORD is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army."25 So David did what the LORD commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon* to Gezer.

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     非力士人對以色列人來說是強大的敵人，因為掃羅是死於非利士人的攻擊之中。而對於以色列人立大衛為王，非力士人更是不願意。也因此他們就要攻擊和攪擾。

    然而上帝卻與大衛同在，也趁這樣的機會來鞏固大衛的機會。所以，上帝讓大衛與非力士人交戰時大得勝利！

    我們的生命常常也會有「非力士的攪擾」，但是在上帝的手中，這些是反倒成了我們的助益之事！也因此，要為此感謝上帝！

    正如每次講道前，魔鬼會用各種方式來攪擾，而這樣的攪擾反使得我更倚靠主，使我更親近主！