It’s easy to see yourself doing something similar.
“And David said in his heart, ‘I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.’”
– 1 Samuel 27:1
Would the queen stop to visit you? “He began to cry out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’” – Mark 10:47-48 NKJV
Hang in there! “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised).” – Hebrews 10:23 KJV
You are special to God! “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.” – James 1:1 KJV
Fifty feet from destruction! “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.” – James 3:13
That’s what they used to be. “And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” – 1 Corinthians 6:11
[Revelation 3:15] “I could wish you were cold or hot.”