All in gods timing12/16/2023 ![]() He promises that His plans for us are good and that if we seek Him we will find Him (Jeremiah 29:11–13 Matthew 7:7–11 Romans 8:28). Our ability to trust God is rooted in how well we know God. Isaiah 40:31 declares: "but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint" (see also Psalm 27:14). God promises to strengthen us during the wait. It is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23). Our patience reveals our trust in God's timing (Psalm 37:7 Lamentations 3:25). David developed a strong relationship with God and the character traits he would need for being king during those years. It seems reasonable to assume that David questioned God's timing and methods during those fifteen-plus years, but God had purposes for David in the wait. It took certain tribes an additional seven years to recognize David as king (2 Samuel 5:4–5). Historians estimate that it took about fifteen years from David's anointing as king before he actually became king at age thirty. However, there was a delay from his anointing for the throne to his assuming of it. ![]() David was anointed as the future king of Israel by Samuel, the prophet, when he was a youth (1 Samuel 16:1–13). ![]() He is accomplishing His divine purposes at every moment, but sometimes they take a while to become apparent to us. As natural as this seems to us, this is not how God operates. In our modern world, we are able to achieve nearly instant gratification and can often get what we want and need at the time that we decide we need or want it. It may be later than our comfort zone prefers, but God does not leave us in the lurch He may simply stretch us and challenge us to rely more fully on Him by trusting His timing. In our natural human impatience, at times it may seem like God is late, but He always provides what we need when we need it. ![]()
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