FAITH CAPSULE: Inquiring from God is going after the heart of God.

1 Samuel 30

Inquiring from God is the character of one going after the heart of God.
David was going after the heart of God.
King David, a man of war, had a relationship with God. 
God identified David as a man after His heart. 
He brought down Goliath, a giant who stood between the Israelites and peace. 
On numerous occasions, he unsettled the arch-enemy (Philistines) of the Israelites. 
David was bound to become King before he became the King. 
Despite his knowing, he did not upset the plan of God for his life by trying to get to the throne before the appointed time. 
How often have you caused a diversion for yourself in an attempt to make the plans of God happen before the appointed time of God? 
David did not take the life of King Saul to become King before the timing of God for himself. 
David could have killed Saul and become the King before the time of God. He had good reason to kill Saul but chose to run and hide from cave to cave, wilderness to wilderness, and from one priest to another. 
It is worthy of note that, among the characteristics of David that must have identified him as a man after the heart of God was his constant inquiring from God. 
At a time when King Saul was after his life, David wanted to keep his father and mother safe. 
1 Samuel 22:3 records, “Then David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the King of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.” So he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.”  
The same David refused to take the situation into His hands by taking it to the hands of God before going after the Amalekites who burned the city and took captive wives, sons, and daughters of his men. 
1 Samuel 30:8 records, “David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”  David disallowed his past glory from replacing his reliance on God for direction. 
As directed by God after his inquiring, “…David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all.” (1 Samuel 30:17-19) 
Inquiring from God is going after the heart of God, demonstrating faith, and taking a position to attain great exploit.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of constant and complete reliance on God.