Millpond Ink Musing – God’s End and Glory

“And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?” 1 Sam. 18:22, 23

If David believed it was not a light or trivial thing to be King Saul’s son-in-law, can you understand his humility and seriousness as a man after God’s own heart? No, David was not about to take advantage of his relationship with the king, even after hearing Saul’s servants speak such words of encouragement in showing him favor. That was so because David had such devotion to God’s sovereign authority in anointing Saul as king of Israel that David would not raise his hand against him. This, David would not do even after God withdrew His Spirit from Saul and the prophet Samuel anointed David the next king. Why didn’t David take it into his own hands? Because if a matter is God’s will, then it is for God to bring about His workings in His own time. Our duty is to wait upon the Lord. This is especially true when it seems that God delivered an enemy into our hands; such as when King Saul, to relieve himself, entered the very cave that David and his men were hiding. David did not rationalize or spin the opportunity as evidence of ‘God’s will to act,’ even though some of his men thought so. No, if we trust God for what we adamantly believe is His will and promise to us, then we must wait for Him to open the door; therefore, it is clear to all who has placed and anointed us where He wanted us to be, and that, to God’s end and glory.