FAITH CAPSULE: One should give self to doing the will of God.

1 Samuel 30

Acts 13:21-22 recorded, “And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.  And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’” Without doubt, Saul did not do all the will of God meaning that he was not after God’s own heart. David’s doing of God’s will made God to testified him as a man after God’s own heart. Are you doing all the will of God? Obviously, doing all the will of God will qualify one as one that is after God’s own heart.
What is it to learn from David’s life?
David was anointed to be king but for years he could not become king. Despite his knowing to become king and could arrive at the throne, he did not offset the plan of God for his life by trying to get to the throne before the appointed time of God. How often have you caused a diversion for yourself in an attempt to make the plans of God happen before God’s appointed time? He had the life of the reigning king (Saul) in his hand yet David did not take Saul’s life. David spared the life of Saul to wait for God’s appointed time.
It is worthy of note that, among characters of David which qualified him as a man after God’s own heart was his constant inquiring from God in the place of self-assumption. David refused to take situation into his hand but always taking situation to the hand of God. David inquired from God before he went after the Amalekites that took captive of wives, sons and daughters of his men that were fighting for him. It is written, “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.” (1 Samuel 30:8) David constantly inquire from God by disallowing his past glory to replace 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 evidence going after the heart of God which is the will of God. One should give self to doing the will of God and be answering as a man after the heat of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to keep you for doing the will of God.