Wait For David

                 So Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation church had a sermon this week called What You Call Small. He used this phrase, wait for David. This stood out to me and dropped in my spirit. So I feel like I’m in a waiting period. Last week I wrote about waiting for the battle cry and I’m still waiting to hear the Lord activate me. Now I’m waiting for David to show me when to shift out of my current position. This term wait for David got me thinking, why can’t I just wait on the next thing that is coming in my life? Samuel didn’t know he would have to go through 7 of Jesse’s sons before he discovered the youngest wasn’t among them. The youngest was David. He was the one who didn’t seem like king material in his father’s eyes but he was king material in his Heavenly Father’s eyes.  Samuel is not the only one who had to wait for David to come. Jesse and his 7 other sons had to wait as well. Did they know they were waiting for the next king of Israel to be anointed? The bible doesn’t tell us but I imagine they had no idea that they were waiting for the next king of their people. I imagine that some questioned why not me?

Maybe David questioned, why not now? David did not sit on the throne right away. He had to wait for 22 years before he became king. During that 22 years the previous king Saul was trying to kill him. Do you think David got bitter waiting for the throne? I don’t. If you read the psalms you get a good glimpse of what David did in the waiting. He worshipped, he praised, he turned to God. He not only did that but sometimes he did question God and felt God had turned away from him. One huge thing he did was killed Goliath. Another big thing he did was something he didn’t do and that was he didn’t kill Saul even though he had the opportunity twice to end Saul’s life. If he had killed Saul his running for his life would have ended. Saul was God’s first anointed king and David honored that. He said who am I to touch the Lord’s anointed?

We can learn a lesson from David. When we see those in authority over us don’t speak against them even if they mistreat you. Why? Because God has placed that person in authority over you so when you speak out against them you speak out against God.  When Saul died in battle David mourned his death.

Wait for David. Samuel had to go through 7 sons, none of them had the potential to be king. None of them had the right heart to be king. What does David represent? A shepherd, one who had the right heart, warrior, strong, deliverer. He didn’t become king right away so he had to wait humbly even though Saul was trying to kill him. God didn’t tell Samuel who the next king was. All Samuel knew was that he was to go to Jesse. Are you waiting for God to tell you what the next phase of your life is going to be? Can you just sit still and wait for God to show you exactly where he wants you? Samuel had to wait before David came. He went through each son expectantly and he even had to ask Jesse if these were all his sons. The youngest wasn’t even considered to be in the presence of the prophet. They didn’t even tell David! He was overlooked by his father but he was not overlooked by God. The years David spent running from Saul strengthened and built his character. What did David learn? Sometimes we have to be still and wait on God. What does that mean for us? Sometimes we need to be still and let God bring David into our lives. Sometimes God doesn’t tell us what new thing he’s bringing into our lives.

What did bringing David bring to Israel. Strength. A man after God’s own heart. God wants your heart to strive after him. The word says to love the lord your God with all your heart. If we do that we can’t go wrong.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:37 KJV

What 7 sons do you have go through before your David comes? Can you wait and know that the one who does come, the job that does come, the house that does come, the husband that does come will be the one with the right heart. It will be the one that was specially made just for you and for that time as well.

David already had a heart for God before he was ever anointed king. You too have a heart for God. David saw how mighty God was to deliver. David was a shepherd, and a lion and a bear tried to take away his sheep and David, a young boy, defeated that lion and bear and his sheep were spared. Just as he defeated Goliath for he knew that God was with him and that God would deliver Israel.

What is it that you need deliverance from?

Do you know that God wants to deliver you from that addiction?

From that pain?

From that abusive relationship?

Can you turn to God and wait for David?

 David was the beginning of Israel’s deliverance, which would later come from Jesus through David’s lineage.

Your deliverance is on the way.

Wait for David.

I’m here.

I’m listening.

Genuinely Yours,

Amy Z