"Don't Be Premature"
Based on I Kings 16 How often God makes us a promise, and we know that He has “anointed” us to fulfill a certain role. We automatically and excitedly look for our shiny new promise to come to pass! We know, we’ll begin to see the affects of this word from the Lord materialize any day now! Well, you can imagine how David felt after being quickly summoned from his humble shepherding job into the house with his well-dressed father and brothers, and especially in the presence of the most notable, Prophet Samuel! He must have been so shocked to find out that he would be the new king of Israel ! He was still a youth, after all! In I Samuel 16:13, the Bible states, “and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.” Can you imagine how often David wondered “how in the world he would ever become king”, especially since, as far as he knew, the reigning king was alive and in good health. At t...