God is Good
Wednesday evening church services are great. I think every church should have one. That way Christians can be encouraged in the middle of the week as well as at the start of it. Tonights service was from 1 Samuel 29 and 30. David is going to join the Philistine army and fight against Saul and the Israelits. The Philistine lords told the king that David wasn't going with them because he might turn against them in the middle of fighting. See David had a huge army (1 Chron. 12). God was soveirnly blessing David even when David wasn't seeking His will. God was protecting David also. He turned the hearts of the Philistines against David. So now David is an outcast from the people of Israel and the Philistines. Just when things seem like they can't get worse, David and his men find out the Amalekites have sacked their town, burned it, and stolen everything including the women and children. The army got very upset and wanted to kill David. So now his own army doesn't even want him. And this is exactly where God wanted to bring David. See, once David saw the consequences of his rash decisions in which he didn't ask God's help, he repented. He said that now he will inquire of the Lord. The amazing thing is God answered David right away. He didn't say to David that since he was AWOL for two or three years he could wait that long for an answer. God answered immediately and told David to go after the enemy because he would get everything back and defeat the enemy.
God doesn't need our help to get His work done. He uses us and our talents, but He could do without us. See, working for God isn't me giving God some help. It is all of God. When we start thinking God needs our help, we will fall like David. Then God will show us that He is in control of everything and we need Him. God orders all things for the Christian's good. Even the bad things that we have happen to us are for our good. God's ways are higher than ours and for that we can praise God.
Wednesday evening church services are great. I think every church should have one. That way Christians can be encouraged in the middle of the week as well as at the start of it. Tonights service was from 1 Samuel 29 and 30. David is going to join the Philistine army and fight against Saul and the Israelits. The Philistine lords told the king that David wasn't going with them because he might turn against them in the middle of fighting. See David had a huge army (1 Chron. 12). God was soveirnly blessing David even when David wasn't seeking His will. God was protecting David also. He turned the hearts of the Philistines against David. So now David is an outcast from the people of Israel and the Philistines. Just when things seem like they can't get worse, David and his men find out the Amalekites have sacked their town, burned it, and stolen everything including the women and children. The army got very upset and wanted to kill David. So now his own army doesn't even want him. And this is exactly where God wanted to bring David. See, once David saw the consequences of his rash decisions in which he didn't ask God's help, he repented. He said that now he will inquire of the Lord. The amazing thing is God answered David right away. He didn't say to David that since he was AWOL for two or three years he could wait that long for an answer. God answered immediately and told David to go after the enemy because he would get everything back and defeat the enemy.
God doesn't need our help to get His work done. He uses us and our talents, but He could do without us. See, working for God isn't me giving God some help. It is all of God. When we start thinking God needs our help, we will fall like David. Then God will show us that He is in control of everything and we need Him. God orders all things for the Christian's good. Even the bad things that we have happen to us are for our good. God's ways are higher than ours and for that we can praise God.
posted by Mike at 8:37 PM
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