FAITH CAPSULE: Inquiring from God is the evidence of one that is after God’s heart.

1 Samuel 30
King David was a man of war from an early age. God identified David as a man after His heart.
When Goliath, the Philistine stood between the Israelites and peace it was David that terminated Goliath’s life.
David was in position number of times to unsettled the arch enemy (Philistines) of the Israelites.
David was wise-full of God’s move, the evidence of him as one that is mindful of God.
David was anointed to be king, years before he actually became the king. Despite his wisdom and knowledge, he did not upset the plan of God to force his way to the throne but gave himself to God’s appointed time.
How often have you diverted yourself from God’s plan because of your timing outside of God’s time?
David was in the position to kill the reigning king (Saul) so many times when Saul was with an attempt to kill him.
Yet David did not take Saul’s life but waited for God’s appointed time to become the King after Saul.
With wisdom and knowledge, he chose to run and hide from cave to cave, wilderness to wilderness, and from one priest to another.
It is worthy to learn from David’s wisdom and knowledge to be inquiring from God before his move. At a time when King Saul was after his life, David wanted to keep his father and mother safe as stated: “Then David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.” So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.” (1 Samuel 22:3)
David also inquired from God before going after the Amalekites that burned the city, took captive wives, sons, and daughters of his men. Bible records, “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 to recover all.” (1 Samuel 30:8)
David disallowed his glorious past from replacing his reliance on God for direction.
David inquired as he “…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 the evidence of one that is after God’s heart, it is one with faith that knows to take a position to attain great exploit for the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of continual inquiring for reliance on God for direction.