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Samuel 26:21-25 NASB
(21) Then Saul said, "I
have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my
life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and
have committed a serious error."
(22) David replied,
"Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and
take it.
(23) "The LORD will
repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD
delivered you into my hand today, but I refused to stretch out my hand against
the LORD'S anointed.
(24) "Now behold, as
your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly
valued in the sight of the LORD, and may He deliver me from all distress."
(25) Then Saul said to
David, "Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and
surely prevail." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
As we have been studying
throughout this series, David has been content to wait upon God and His
timing. God honors those who patiently
wait for his timing. We can see God’s
blessing in many areas of everyday life.
A farmer plants his
field. He has done all he can to insure
an abundant crop. However, the farmer
knows that it is God who gives the increase and it will come on God’s
time frame. A young man and women falls deeply in love and they decide to wait
until marriage to have sex. A spouse
waits for their unbelieving partner to come to the Lord.
All these circumstances
carry God’s blessings and the blessings will come in God’s time frame. The key is God’s time frame and our patience
in waiting. If the farmer picks his crops
too soon they are worthless. How many
times have we seen single teenagers struggling with the mistakes of not waiting
to have sex? Sadly the answer is too many. What if the believing spouse instead of
waiting on God is constantly nagging their partner about church and all it is
doing is driving them away.
David had to flee his
home to save his own life. This after
God had anointed him King. David could
have taken matters into his own hands, but David showed tremendous patience and
he received God’s blessing.
How about you?
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