The goal of your sermon for 1 Samuel 27 is to encourage Christian believers to be shrewd (wise) in their service to Christ. You will begin by showing how David is presented as a shrewd King who uses his time in exile to do good for God’s people. Knowing that David serves as our model for what the true Christ will do when he comes, you can then explain how the Lord Jesus Christ also acted in a shrewd manner. Finally, in concluding your sermon, it would be good to think about what shrewdness in evangelism might look like in the places where church members live and work.
1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”