1 Samuel 27

"And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand...So Achish believed David, saying, 'He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.'" vv.1,12

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What just happened!  Saul had been delivered into David's hands twice and seen as a victory of David when his life was threatened by Saul, so why then do we see David's actions like so in this following chapter?  David seems to be "weary of wandering, weary of struggling with Saul’s implacable spirit, weary of the unequal conflict between too dangerous generosity and too relentless malice, weary of subsisting by the spoils of his enemies, or bounty of his friends, resolves at last to quit his country, and throw himself once more under the protection of its enemies" (Benson's Commentary).  His lack of faith led to divisions in the kingdom; shook peoples confidence in him and delayed his election as king.  David shows what happens when we focus more on our battles than on God.  He decided to become friends with his enemy's enemy as he thought it was his only protection and a more comfortable lifestyle.  He even kills his own people (v.10)!  This seems so out of character. When has pressure gotta to you and you did something rash or irruption in response?  How do you handle things when your faith is starting to run thin?