2 Samuel 15:24-25 (NASBStr)
Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city. The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.
One of the reasons God would say that "David was a man after My own heart" is because of times like the above verses talk about. David's son, Absolam, was revolting and was about to take the kingdom from David. All those who favored David were fleeing Jerusalem with David out of loyalty and love. The two priest, Zadok and Abiathar, followed and brought the Ark of the Covenant with them from the Temple. Remember the Ark was the place were the presence of God was symbolized for the nation. Taking the Ark with them would send a clear signal that God was with David, not Absolam. Yet, David, in perfect faith and trust in his God, told them to return to Jerusalem. David would not presume anything. David knew that although it was Absolam who was doing the dirty deed, it was God who was in control. David did need the Ark. He needed God to act. He didn't want to assume this was not from God for the purpose of doing something in his life or the life of Absolam or the life of the nation. He knew that if he found favor (grace) in the eyes of The Lord that God would bring him back and show him the ark and the city. In the midst of troubling times it is not the people who are doing the deed we should fret over. We should allow ourselves to trust wholly and fully in God's sovereign grace. If God wants us to be somewhere or do something or have something, God will do it. We ought not fret and take what is not ours or a symbol of presumption. If man has forced us to move, God will return us to the station of life He desires for us.
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