In I Chronicles you have a few details of David as a General-King that are pretty significant. When the Israelites routed the Philistines, the baal idols were dropped onto the battle field. David had them burned. He kept his heart free from idols his entire life, and leaned heavily on God. David knew that his life was fragile enough that he needed God badly to win through all the dangers.
And then there was King Saul. Saul was killed because he consulted not God but a medium. (He actually did consult God and knew that the kingdom was no longer his. He heard only silence when he asked for king-directions. He was consulting a medium because he wanted a different answer than God's) Saul was very afraid of God's will and ways, and so consulted his own understanding or forbidden advisers.
Proverbs 28:26 says, 'Whoever trusts his own mind is a fool,but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.' The best thing I can do when facing a decision or a troubling event is to turn my mind to what God would have me do. If I can't figure out what that is, then to ask someone who has had the habit of walking in wisdom, and consider their advise. If I find myself wandering around in the same old messes then it makes sense that I need to get some new directions.
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