Faith Capsule: When there is no peace anxiousness will take charge.

1 Kings 1

Getting to where God wants for one to be is a done deal if one knows that God is in control of one’s life. One that does not know whom he/she is in the hand of God takes a position of self termination. The Psalmist buttressed it, “A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish.” (Psalm 49:20) One that does not know who one is in the hand of God will not have rest and lack of rest is the evidence of no peace in one’s life. When there is no peace anxiousness will take charge. Apostle Paul admonished, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;  and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7) Are you having challenge concerning a position of your desire? If you will rest in the Lord based on the promise in the word of God and not man’s promise, God Himself will put people in position who you do not know and they will offset every set up of the enemy that is meant against you in life.
When David promised to put Solomon in place as king, it was confirmed in heaven and on earth at God’s timing. Adonijah, however, set up a plot because he realized that David was old and advanced in years and could go to sleep at anytime. It is written, “Then he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed and helped Adonijah. But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.” (1 Kings 1:7-8) Adonijah conferred with people who counted, but not with people that counted and mattered. He was set up for failure because of his attempt to answer what God did not call him to be. Solomon, who was to be king, was somewhere with rest, with peace and no struggle when Prophet Nathan made a move that eventually terminated every plot of Adonijah.
Take note of the fact that Solomon did not know that there was any plan in process for him to get to the place where God wanted him to get to. There was no struggle for Solomon, but there were people in position and in time who God had planted for him to get into his divine schedule of God for his life. As God will have His way for Solomon, Solomon eventually became the king. Do not force or fret God will have His way in your life if you will rest on the promise of His peace which surpasses all understanding.

Prayer for today: Ask God to raise someone who will go on your behalf to activate all God has in plan for your life and for His glory.