GOD’S PLAN IS SET
1 Samuel 16

God will never run out of mercy except that man often runs out of His mercy. After Saul ran 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 Samuel’s arrival, he wanted to determine by sight the one that was to be anointed according to God’s command. Samuel went to business 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 because 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’s failure by looking at the physical appearance, he now responded to God by not looking but listening for whom God will announce for anointing. Samuel saw all the children of Jesse but could not complete God’s assignment because the one God set for Himself to be the king after Saul 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, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” (1 Samuel 16: 11b) 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 whom the Lord calls for His divine assignment. David the last of the children of Jesse did not struggle but in his absence his presence was called for.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, let me become what you called me to be for your name’s glory. In Jesus name, no force or agent of denial or disruption shall have their way in my life and I shall live to the fulfillment of God’s glory for my life in the name of Jesus.