"...follow the example of those who are going to inherit
God’s promises because of their faith and endurance."
Hebrew 6:12
God’s promises because of their faith and endurance."
Hebrew 6:12
Today's Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 13:3-16;16:4-13
Have you ever felt like you were all alone? Have you ever felt like there was one challenge after another? Have you ever felt like everything around you was going wrong in spite of God's prophetic promise for your life? David, like Samuel was called prophetically but he continued to do what he was doing while God developed him, until the time God was ready to release him.
A GLIMPSE encourages us but WAITING prepares us.
LIFE LESSON #1: Prophetic Glimpse Encourages us But Rarely Means We Are Ready.
There's a difference between anointing and release. Anointing is Empowerment with Purpose. Release is Timing.
- Everyone is anointed: Empowered with Purpose.
- God's process and timing for release is different for each person.
LIFE LESSON #2: Pursuing Requires Doing.
There is a responsibility in the process. Don't sit back and relax and expect everything you need to develop you for your call to fall into you lap. Be diligent to pursue your call with all your might. Guard yourself so that what was begun in the Spirit will not be finished in the flesh! You don't want to end up in the wilderness to learn what could have been learned in the 'PREPARATION PROCESS'.
LIFE LESSON #3: PERSEVERANCE is not giving up when everything is chasing you the opposite way.
David made it to the palace as a servant. He waited in the process and trusted in God. Nobody can block God's will for your life but you! God's promotion comes at the right time, but not always a convenient time. Each of us is on an individual journey, different from those around us. Be patient and persevere in the process to the promise.
Serve your way through; don't keep changing buses.
How do I do this?
Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might..." Where you are now, stay faithful no matter how long it takes. Be faithful with the little things and then you will be trusted with the big things.
3 Practices in Becoming a Person After God’s Heart:
- PASSION for God’s Word - Psalm 119:97-100 Think on God's Word all day long. Believers should develop a burning passion for His Word. It can be drawn upon for every situation in life.
LIFE LESSON #4: Wisdom, Insight & Understanding Come from God’s Word.
- PRAYER - Psalm 116:1-2 "I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live."
LIFE LESSON #5: No Matter What You’re Going Through, Keep Going to God.
LIFE LESSON #6: People of Prayer Still Face Problems.
There may still be problems in the process but as we are faithful to pray, we will progress to the promise. KEEP ON PRAYING!
- PRAISE – Psalm 34:1
CHALLENGE: God's has great destiny on your life. As you listen to His voice, He will reveal His call on your life to you. Make sure that you stay faithful in the process to your prophetic promise and don't try to get ahead of God. If you feel you have taken getting to God's promise into your own hands, simply pray to God and hand it all back to Him. Allow Him to form you in the process and make you fully ready so that you can fulfill His promise in His power.
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David's heart towards God was pure. He didn't serve for what He would get out of it, He just served! He loved God with all his heart and soul and so his actions followed his heart. Even after he was anointed to be king, he served with love. As Pastor Kevin reminded us, no matter how long the process, we have to be determined to go after God with everything and coninue in prayer and praise.
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