1 Samuel 16:12-13
"Then the LORD said, 'Rise and anoint him; this is the one.' So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David."
We often expect that when God announces a change in our lives, it's going to be activated immediately.
We get disappointed when God says, "It's your time," but then makes us wait our turn. David experienced this as he was anointed to be a king, only to wait many years later until he would wear the crown.
When you give your life to Christ, in a moment you're saved, forgiven, cleansed, and redeemed. All of those things are true of you, but all of the changes that those new realities are meant to produce in your life don't happen immediately. They happen gradually.
I've seen people become very discouraged in the process of waiting for the change that God initiated in their life because the change didn't happen immediately.
Yet when David was anointed, he didn't go to Neiman Marcus to try on crowns. Instead, he went back to the sheep field to do what he was doing before, until one day when he was given an assignment by his father to take bread to his older brothers on the battle line.
You see, sometimes God wraps destiny in what we perceive as just another day. The same day that David was told to deliver bread was the same day he stood over Goliath in victory. But he didn't know that beforehand. He would have missed his turn if he hadn't first acted in simple obedience.
God wants to know if you'll do the small things, because sometimes the blessing of God is in doing the thing that seems beneath you. We always want to look beyond. Yet sometimes the thing that seems beneath you is the thing that releases the blessing.
Written By: Pastor Steven Furtick
"Then the LORD said, 'Rise and anoint him; this is the one.' So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David."
We often expect that when God announces a change in our lives, it's going to be activated immediately.
We get disappointed when God says, "It's your time," but then makes us wait our turn. David experienced this as he was anointed to be a king, only to wait many years later until he would wear the crown.
When you give your life to Christ, in a moment you're saved, forgiven, cleansed, and redeemed. All of those things are true of you, but all of the changes that those new realities are meant to produce in your life don't happen immediately. They happen gradually.
I've seen people become very discouraged in the process of waiting for the change that God initiated in their life because the change didn't happen immediately.
Yet when David was anointed, he didn't go to Neiman Marcus to try on crowns. Instead, he went back to the sheep field to do what he was doing before, until one day when he was given an assignment by his father to take bread to his older brothers on the battle line.
You see, sometimes God wraps destiny in what we perceive as just another day. The same day that David was told to deliver bread was the same day he stood over Goliath in victory. But he didn't know that beforehand. He would have missed his turn if he hadn't first acted in simple obedience.
God wants to know if you'll do the small things, because sometimes the blessing of God is in doing the thing that seems beneath you. We always want to look beyond. Yet sometimes the thing that seems beneath you is the thing that releases the blessing.
Written By: Pastor Steven Furtick
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