Living By Faith in God's Word

I was reading Psalm 56.4 this morning and struck by David's statement of trust in God and his word. When David was running from Saul, he fled to Gath and there pretended to be crazy so that he could both escape Saul, and not be killed by his mortal enemies, the Philistines. Note that David does not lay responsibility for his escape from the Philistines at the wiliness of his actions. He lays it at the feet of God. In God I trust, I shall not be afraid. The primary cause of his safety in Gath, was not dribbling on his beard like a madman, but God and his promises.