Responding with a Presence sense

The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary present episodes in which an awareness of the Presence of God shapes the outcome of events in surprising ways. The son of David, Absalom, is seeking to remove his father as king. The second book of Samuel tells of the flight of David from Jerusalem and his encounter with Shimei, a Benjaminite, who curses the king and throws rocks at him. The power of pride and the ego should have moved David to have the man silenced, perhaps permanently. Instead, David is keenly aware of the Presence of God and this relationship informs him of the likelihood that the fall from grace and prestige that David is experiencing is the consequence of his sinful actions. David retains the close intimacy with God as one forgiven, yet we do not escape the consequence of our transgressions on our life or the lives of others. Perhaps the great spiritual message is the Presence with us through our struggle, even those events which are consequential to our turning away from the way of God. The Gospel of Mark tells of Jesus journey in the country of the pagan Gerasenes. The Presence of God is recognized by the evil spirits in possession of a "demoniac". Some authors have suggested that the acceptance of addictive demons into our lives is an attempt to dampen the power of the 'ego' voices in our subconscious pushing us to take care of number one even to the point of self destruction. The relationship with God through the resonance of our indwelling Spirit with the Divine Spirit attracts us as direction which overcomes ego. The "demoniac" is aware that God is Present. After the dispatch of the demons, Jesus in an unusual move sends the man to tell his family and those in the neighbouring pagan cities what has happened.  The "Messianic Secret" is not part of the mission to the pagans. Is this surprising?