When God Calls, Answer!!! - 1 Chronicles 10-14

1 Chronicles 11:1-3 (ESV Strong's)

Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’” So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

When God Calls, Answer!!

David was on the run for years from King Saul.  The people of Israel were complicit in Saul’s pursuit of David ... the majority of them.  Yet, in the past, they also shouted David’s praise:

1 Samuel 18:7 (ESV Strong's)

And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,

“Saul has struck down his thousands,

and David his ten thousands.”

So, although hunted like a dog, there was a compassion for David.   As a result of Saul’s death (chapter ten), the people needed a new king.  God had put into their hearts a restored and even new desire for David to be king.   God does that kind of stuff.  God opens doors that were once closed.   David knew that God had promised him the kingship.  On two occasions he had a chance to take the kingdom from Saul.  David refused and, by faith, waited until God’s timing was right.   That is the story in the above verses.   When we wait for God’s timeline to unfold, we can see glorious and marvelous things.  We can see them even in the hearts of those who once hated us, hunted us and hurt us.   God is the God of restoration.   David could have, as always, feared for his life.  But, instead he trusted in the power of God to change the hearts of men.   The past can really twist the minds of men.  But, God can still accomplish what He has for us and even untie all the knots in the mindset of mankind.  We are to but answer in faith.  David did not answer these people because he believed them (some of them would, in the future, turn on him again).   David responded to the faithfulness of God and trusted in God’s promises over and above man’s passion and fallacy.