ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

Friday 29th September, 2023.

Topic: Allow God To Work Things Out.

Memory Verse : 1 Samuel 26:10. David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

Bible Reading :1 Samuel 26:7-9. Key Verse : v9.

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless?

King Saul committed his blunders of rebellion before the Lord which made God reject him as king over Israel. God therefore in his wisdom sent Samuel his servant to the house Jesse to anoint David King unannounced. After he was anointed by Samuel in his father’s house, the Spirit of God came upon him and he began to do exploits. That was how he began to slay the bear and the lion in the wilderness. Finally he slew Goliath the Philistine giant whose fearful appearance and threats, no Isrealite was able to withstand in the battlefield, including King Saul himself. After God used young David to deliver Israel from the hands of Goliath and the Philistines, the women sang David into trouble with Saul the King. “And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” 1 Samuel 18:7-9.

Because King Saul was bent on eliminating David, the young man had to run away from the Palace and began to live like a fugitive. As Saul began to track David down to kill him, he got intel this time that he was in the hill of Hachillah which lay before Jeshimon. King Saul mobilised about three thousand special forces to hunt David down as to eliminate him and to stop God’s plan for the life of David. God in his mercy delivered King Sual and his elite soldiers into the hands of David and his men, who speared their lives as to honour God’s oil upon the life of king Saul. “David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.” 1 Samuel 26:10-12.

“And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.” 1 Chronicles 10:3-6. Just as David had said to his men, King Saul who was after his life for doing nothing wrong perished on his own in battle at God’s appointed time. Today we have to learn to walk with God patiently, even in the midst of provocations. We don’t need to help God bring his glorious plan for our lives to fulfillment by running ahead of him. Rather we have to follow him step by step, understanding his timing and not trying to work with our own timing or that of other men.

Prayer :Thank you Father God for your good plan for my life which no power can truncate. Today I ask that you help me understand your timing in my life and to follow it. Help me not to run ahead of you so that I don’t miss you in Jesus wonderful name….. Amen 🙏🏿,

Yearly Bible Reading : Matthew 28:8-15.

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