The halfbaked Bard

When Eliezer saw his simple prayer being answered, he doesn't reason it out to logic or chance. He simply thanks God and worships Him.  It so happened because - is probably the greatest enemy of Thank you Lord.  As intellectuals, it's difficult for us to believe that it is the Lord's doing. Doctors find it difficult to believe in divine healing. Students find it easier to push it to chance rather than blindly believe. That is why you are asked to have faith like a child. God values that so much. That is exactly why Jesus told Thomas - Blessed are those who believe without seeing me. John:20:29 Present day science also is thought to be contradistincting to faith. But it is actually the other way round. It was Louis Pasteur who said- The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.  How much more God oriented I should be, in order to see the hand of God in everything. And if I am able to see His hands...

David thinks to himself. If I go and stay with the Philistines, Saul will stop hunting for me.  A man after God's own heart, thinks for himself. A foolish logical decision to find refuge in his enemies. Yes Saul did stop pursuing him. But what happened later is so painful. King Achish trusts him, but not the other Philistine rulers. So when they go out to war against Israel (imagine David's situation - asked to fight against his own / God's own nation),  they don't trust his loyalty. And he is asked to go back. When he goes back, he sees the Amalekites have attacked his town which is left in ruins. Wives and sons and daughters taken away. Disappointed, David's men (men of valour) are so downcast they plan to stone David.  Logic reasoning seems the most practical route to take. According to the world's norm, this seems the easiest and logically most beneficial path for you. Monetarily better, socially acceptable, practically safer. Yes He has given us...