When crisis hits, or a hard decision looms, our default setting is panic, self-reliance, or despair. We spin our wheels or let frustration spill onto others.   We see this raw human reaction in 1 Samuel 30. When David and his men found Ziklag burned and their families captured, his men talked about stoning him. But David chose a different way. Instead of reacting out of fear, he encouraged himself in the Lord and asked for direction: "Should I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?"...