A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
🌷🌷🌷 August 17 🌷🌷🌷
“…I have found David… a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will” (Acts 13:22).
It is only when we enthrone the Lord Jesus Christ as the King and Lord in every small matter of our life that we become true overcomers and partners with God. This is a sure test for those who come under His Kingship. In every small matter, they want to be governed by the Lord. Others want to be governed by their own wisdom and judgement. So we see that throughout his life David enquired of God. Abner was depending upon his own experience and strength to make Saul’s son king. There is no mention anywhere that Abner sought God’s will. He depended on his own discretion. He was seeking some opportunity to defeat David. That is why he provoked Joab to fight. (2 Sam. 2:14,17). Even though he was beaten in the presence of the servants of David, he would not accept it. Thus we find that people who are strong and ambitious for power and authority in the House of God bring loss for personal gain. There is much spiritual loss in many assemblies because of a few men who are very ambitious for power, money, name, fame and eldership.
By enthroning the Lord Jesus Christ in our hearts as the King of kings and the Lord of lords we come under His full authority. Eventually He will make us kings for ever (Rev. 5:10). It is not by their effort or ambition that they became kings but the Lord Jesus made them kings because they came under His Kingship. In the beginning they acknowledged Him as the One Who is higher than all the kings, then they were made kings and priests (Rev. 1:5,6).
Men who are ambitious for power and authority become weaker and weaker. Those who serve God with humility are eventually exalted and brought to a high position. “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted” (Matt. 23:11,12). The more we humble ourselves the more are we exalted; the more we exalt ourselves the more are we abased. All those who are very much ambitious for power, authority and position in the House of God will be brought low, but those who humble themselves will be exalted.
God had put His seal definitely upon David as a man after His own heart. “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will” (Acts 13:22). That was the greatest virtue in David inspite of all his failures. We too have to learn the secret of doing God’s perfect will even in small matters. Willingly and joyfully we should come under the Lordship and Kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ and be governed, controlled, possessed and led by Him.
