Life is amazing! Just when you
think everything is getting worked out, things begin to happen that ruin
everything, leaving you wondering where God is when He is right there working it
all out for your good. In some circumstances, it is impossible to see how good can
emanate from where one is at despite all the prophetic utterances that may have
been spoken over one’s life; but, no matter how contrary life appears to be, God
is working everything out for your good and you shall yet be victorious. You
are not in that situation because God is unmindful of you; and you are not
alone. David must have felt like that at some point in his journey to
fulfilling His destiny but God ensured the fulfillment of His word despite all
the odds.
2 Samuel 3: 1 “That
was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal to Saul and those
loyal to David. As time passed David became stronger and stronger, while Saul’s
dynasty became weaker and weaker.”
Samuel, the biggest of the
prophets, had not only prophesied that David would be king but had also
anointed him king yet it took a while for him to be king. After being anointed,
David continued with his job as shepherd for a while. Eventually, through some
turn of events, he became a man of war and even married the king’s daughter.
Who knows, at that point he may have thought that being married to the king’s
daughter brought him closer to the throne but as “life began to happen” to him,
the marriage as well as every other thing he may have acquired was taken away
from him. This was the beginning of a turn of events that seemed to take him
further and further away from the throne.
As it often is in life, David was
faced with seemingly good opportunities to end his problem and become king. Life
always offers us shortcut solutions to our problem. Solutions which satan
sometimes causes to appear like God- given opportunities and would usually seem
to bring one to that place that God had promised to bring them to. So you feel
very justified in taking the opportunity but deep down in you, you know it
isn’t God-given and does not align with God’s will. David found himself there
more than once; he could have killed Saul twice but restrained himself from
doing so because he knew deep down in his heart that those were not God-given
opportunities. Several other people, who found themselves in similar
circumstances, took advantage of them; killing the reigning kings, they made
themselves kings. Even Jesus was offered was such opportunities.
Luke 4: 5-6 “Then
the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a
moment of time. I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over
them the devil said because they are mine to give anyone I please, I will give
it to you if you will worship me.”
Interestingly, David was not
looking to be king before his encounter with Samuel. Yet he went through so
much because of this role that he had not applied for but God chose him for. He
ran from place to place, fought several battles and sometimes found safety only
amongst strangers. Eventually God brought him into the role but not until he
had suffered a lot; lost some things and won some victories all of which
experiences were his preparation for the role but he was never told that
neither did he think so. Who would have thought so? If anything, they must have
thought he would end up a vagabond after all, kings are prepared in palaces and
not caves but God was very mindful of him and working everything out for his
good. That God is your God and has not changed. Where you are at may not almost
describe how God intends for you to end. Remain blessed.
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