FAITH CAPSULE: Answer God by simply asking for direction of how to go for God’s command.

1Samuel 16:1-13

God is the Great I AM that I AM. He is the only true God that dwells in an unapproachable light. He alone does not sleep nor slumber. In all His word, He is true to perform and He perfects that which He performs. There is none that directs like our God. Despite our inconsistency walking in line with His word, He remains consistently merciful. Knowing to trust in God and to fear His mighty name is to know and ask for direction regardless of any challenge. Jesus declared in Matthew 7:7, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.”  What He said to one speaks to all. Often times, instead of asking as commanded by God man turns to fear, complaining or giving God excuses.
Samuel was sent by God to go and anoint David as the new king while King Saul was still the reigning and active king over the people. The Bible recorded, “Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”  And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it he will kill me.”(1 Samuel 16:1-2) But the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’”  In the eyes and ears of man it was a dangerous command for Samuel to go and anoint David while Saul was still alive as king.

Samuel could have responded by fearing for his life. Samuel did not give any excuse or reason to God not to go. Samuel responded to God by simply asking for direction of how to go for God’s command. Samuel asked God saying, “How can I go” Samuel knew his God as the Master in charge of all and he was not going to question God’s command. Are you questioning His command? Knowing what God says and not doing it is an indirect way of questioning His authority. Samuel asked about how to go. Asking, seeking and knocking as commanded by Jesus are not limited to asking for our need or what we want God to do for us. Asking God is extended to seeking for direction when the calling or command seems unreasonable in our own understanding. Do you have any doubt in responding to His calling in your life? Complaining instead of asking will move God’s hand against man. God is a faithful God; He will not fail you when you ask.

Prayer for today: Ask God to teach you in His way and unite your heart to fear Him.