“THE LORD!”

 1 Samuel 13:13-14                    (ESV)

[13] And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You HAVE NOT KEPT THE COMMAND of the LORD your GOD, with which HE commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

[14] But now your kingdom shall not continue. “”THE LORD” HAS SOUGHT OUT A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART”, and the LORD has commanded him to be PRINCE over HIS people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”

1 Samuel 16:13                    (ESV)

[“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.”

Just a THOUGHT this morning that caught my attention; “THE LORD” revealed that HE CHOSE David to be “prince” over HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE in 1 Samuel 13:14.  Then in 1 Samuel 16:13 THE MESSENGER from GOD actually CHOSE the teenage David to be the “prince”.  But David didn’t ACTUALLY become “prince” until he was 30 years old???  Why did David have to WAIT for the TIMING OF GOD before he could ascend to the THRONE when GOD had CHOSEN him in 1 Samuel 13:14?  

The TIMING OF “THE LORD” can be terrible to WAIT upon, ESPECIALLY when we allow our own choices to enter into our equations!!  David was actually known as a king, but Scripture lists him as a PRINCE in 1 Samuel 13:14, something that I have never seen or heard of before???  GOD KNEW and UNDERSTOOD that David would be used for HIS GLORY, even though David was imperfect in his life.  

Why didn’t GOD select a person who lived a life that was more “holy” than the life David would wind up living?  GOD has the POWER to cause us to act the way that will GLORIFY HIM (Philippians 2:13)!  It could be that GOD wanted HIS CREATIONS to understand that we are not capable of living a life worthy of HIS standards, so HE came as “THE LORD” to live it on our behalf???

Oh what a SAVIOR!!!!