1 Chronicles 14:10, 13-14
David inquired of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?” Then the Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will give them into your hand."
The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley. David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.
Note in the above verses the similarities and the different response by God. In both cases the same leader (David) sought permission from God to attack the same enemy (the Philistines). Even those the same situation was presented by David to God, God gave him two different responses. It would have been easy for David to simply assume the second time that God would be with him again, as He was the first time. Yet, in each case David sought The Lord an in each case The Lord directed differently. We ought not to assume God is fickle, by reading this story, however. God IS constant. He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Yet, God will, obviously, change the method He uses to accomplish His work in us. We ought not put God in a box as to method. Yes, as to character, God is always holy, always just, always loving, always there. But, no, God is not in a box as to methods. He does what He must due to character in the way that He wants due to His will at that time. When the nation of Israel needed water, at one time, God purified a stream. Another time He had Moses strike a rock. The next time Moses just had to speak to the rock. Methodology is not Holy. God can choose to do things the way He wishes. We ought to seek Him as such. David was walking in the Spirit. He wanted to be lead by the Spirit. That means we have to seek Christ's leading through the work of the Spirit each day. Don't get locked into methods. Do get locked into the character of God and His leading by Christ through the Spirit.
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