HE WILL BACK YOU UP
1 Samuel 16:1-13

God does not and will not run out of mercy except that man will run out of His mercy. God is a faithful God and does nothing by accident. After Saul had run out of God’s mercy by virtue of disobedience, God called on Samuel to go and anoint one of the sons of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, as king for the children of Israel. At the arrival of Samuel, he wanted to determine by sight the one that was to be ordained by calling for all the children of Jesse. “So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”” (1 Samuel 16:6) When God sends you, He will select for you. Samuel attempted to make a selection for God but he missed it when he moved by sight. “…The LORD told Samuel not to look at appearance or physical stature…” (1 Samuel 16:7). Let God take you through because He is the one that called you and you do not call yourself. After Samuel had failed by looking at the physical appearance, he now responded to God by not looking but listening for whom God will announce. After Samuel had seen all the children of Jesse he could not complete God’s assignment because the one God had anointed before sending out Samuel was not on location. Samuel knowing that God did not make any selection among the children of Jesse that was on location, he now said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.” (1 Samuel 16: 11) Despite the fact that David was not on location, that which belongs onto him could not elude him. In their waiting for his arrival, they could not sit; they were all standing. Today, all that belongs to you will not elude you in the name of Jesus. Where ever you are or whatever the situation on the ground is, they will always wait for you to receive all that God has ordained for you in Jesus name. Anointing is not what is to be struggled for it is for the one that God has called to be. David the last of the children of Jesse did not struggle but in his absence his presence was called for.

Prayer for today: Ask God to make you to become what He has called you to be. Every agent of denial or disruption will not have their way in your life and you will live to the fulfillment of God’s glory in Jesus name.