David didn’t just come up and defeat Goliath, like every person of courage he had to overcome obstacles. Most obstacles or oppositions we face come packaged in people. Their motivations vary but the purpose is to instill fear in you. Today we’re looking at the first obstacle David faced, this came through his brother, Eliab. He represents a group of people I call the Jealous bunch.
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich…
You have to understand that Israel is greater than one individual. God’s purpose is far more precious than one person’s tantrums; there are lives at stake, Kingdom agenda will not wait for anybody.
If you ask a proud person, they will tell you that they are afraid of nobody but watch what happens when people try to take their focus off them. Watch what happens when something tries to “fall their hand.” Pay close attention to how pleased they are when they win the approval of people.
There is no such thing as partial obedience to God. It is all or nothing. We don’t get to pick and choose which instructions to follow and which to disregard, it is an insult to Him and a rebellion against Him.
You have to understand that the perhaps of God is far more reliable than the surely of men. No plan by any man can beat a plan of faith.
Has it ever happened to you that just as you succumbed to pressure and did what you shouldn’t have, you found the solution? Just as you did things your way, you discovered what God had prepared? If only it had come yesterday or even moments ago? And now what you have done is too late to be undone and you are stuck with the regret of your hasty actions. And ask yourself, why didn’t I wait?
Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. …
Beloved, what’s your record like? At your job, your school, your home, your relationships, even your leadership? Examine yourself.
Beloved, when God sends you on an unusual assignment, He gives you unusual courage to go along with it. So maybe that’s why nobody understands why you are so driven and passionate, it’s all in the plan.
