Crazy!!!

And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard. Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?” (1 Samuel 21:10-15 ESV) Life on the run... You can find yourself doing crazy things. Even a man (or woman) of great faith. Abraham had reacted in fear and convinced his wife to pretend she was his sister - on more than one occasion! Here David is running scared, and in a sense jumps out the frying pan into the fire - he goes from angry Saul to their worst enemy, the Philistines and the very city of Goliath whom he had killed. Crazy! But then he realizes what he has done and acts crazy so people will stay away from him. What crazy things have you done to make people stay away from you, to keep them at arm's length, to not let them know the real you? What fears are driving you to irrational, unspiritual, deceptive behavior? Avoid extremes. Run the race of faith with endurance and focus, not with bursts of energy that are off the set path.