God’s Plan Includes Moving God’s People - 2 Samuel 5-9

God’s Plan Includes Moving God’s People

2 Samuel 5:1-5 (ESV)

David Anointed King of Israel

1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

In the above passage we read that the people of God reached out to David to make him king over all Israel.   This of course is no surprise.  Note what happened when David was just a shepherd boy, years earlier:

1 Samuel 16:11-13 (ESV)

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

In this passage we see that through Samuel, years earlier, God had ordained David to be the king.  But, a lot happened in between then and the people seeking David to be king.  In between that time David killed a giant, he tended sheep, he played a harp for King Saul during his mental breakdowns, he dodged spears from the hand of Saul during his mental breakdowns, he developed a deep friendship with Saul’s son, Jonathon, he ran from Saul, he became a vagabond, he took refuge in caves and he became a writer and author of hundreds of psalms.   Now the tribes of Israel finally came to make him king.  The above text states that the tribes of Israel CAME TO HIM.   They might have thought that they were doing David a favor.  But, in reality it is God who puts up one and takes down another.  Note:

Psalms 75:6-7 (ESV)

6 For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

7 but it is God who executes judgment,

putting down one and lifting up another.

We do not promote ourselves.   In our walk with God it is He who moves people into leadership positions.   It can be a dark, dark place when we are seeking leadership that God does not ordain.   David went through much anguish, grief and heartache to get to this point.   But, through those experiences, he also was changed and became a man worthy of the crown he was to wear.   God will move men to seek you out to wear the crown, after He has prepared you for that crown.   God will move people to recognise your leadership in His timing.  Not a moment sooner!!