Isn’t It True?

David was pursued by Saul for what may have been around ten years.

Saul was after killing David. Saul was after cutting short the plan of God for David. There was no king before Saul in the land, and when so much power was bestowed on a person for the first time over people in Israel’s history, Saul became obsessed over it. He never understood that God can give and God can take away. And here, poor David was hunted by him for being anointed by Samuel in his place as the king of Israel.

David was having the anointing to rule Israel. But he was hunted like an animal for ten years at least. In those days, the promises were there with David, the favour of the Lord was there. Simply, the Lord Himself was with him. Yet he ran for his life every day. The weight of the calling never went easy on him. It was heavy. What gave him strength to stand through it all? The answer is in Psalm 18:1: it is the love for the Lord. God saw his heart when He anointed David. And after Saul was no longer there to pursue him, David sang Psalm 18. Still, his heart was after loving the Lord his God. When he ran against Goliath, he was having the same love for the Lord, and he went against Goliath by keeping the Lord as His strength. Through all battles, from the time of being a shepherd, then during the slaying of Goliath, and during the time of rest from the enemy, David remained the same in loving the Lord. The ten years of pain never changed anything. Instead, it added more fuel to the love he had for the Lord.

It is true that Saul was after David, the enemy was after David, isn’t it very true that the Spirit of the Lord was protecting David for ten years? Isn’t it true that the Spirit of the Lord delivered David from his enemy? As much as the enemy tried to kill him, isn’t it true that God was fiercely keeping David alive and made His promises come true by making him king over Israel?

I understood one thing: as much as the enemy is after destroying your anointing, the words that are spoken into you to rest over your head by the Lord, the Lord, with all His might, is on your side, fighting for you, protecting you, delivering you, and is going to fulfil His promises unto you. David says in Psalm 18, He saved us from the cords of death, He shatters our enemy, He drew us out of deep waters, rescues us from our powerful enemy, from those who are stronger than us. The one who ran away now says, “You have made me the head of nations; people I did not know are subject to me,” in verse 43. God did it for him. Wouldn't He fulfill his promises unto us?

The anointing didn't remove the wilderness.

The promise didn't remove the pain.

The calling didn't remove the waiting.

But God's presence never left him.

Hey friend, God anoints us, He strengthens us. Though the lost years look great before us, like David, God will make us say that He has done what He has promised unto me.

Dear God, we trust You in our waiting, we trust You when we are not able to see the end, we trust You in the midst of war. You are the faithful God. Like David, we will say, “Who is like our Lord?” We love You, Lord. You are our strength. Thank You for giving us victory over our enemy. We know that in all these years, You protected us, never failed us, and never left us. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.