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“Go Up” 2 Samuel 2:1-11

Recap

David is still in the land of the Philistines, before this

point  he had experienced discouragement

and despair, running away from King Saul, hanging out with the enemy and now

Saul is dead

This is the moment he has been waiting for. Since he was

anointed by Samuel as a little boy – a shepherd, the time he has been waiting

for has finally come and he can be King

Lion King “I just can’t wait to be King”

He does what every good bible loving, Christ serving

Christian would do. He enquires of the Lord

                “Shall

I go to any cities of Judah?” – God answers him and says GO UP!

And like a good Christian (described above) he sets out with

God’s blessing – NO

He asks a for further direction “Where shall I go up to?”

Man, do

we miss the mark on this part – We take over/ argue/ ignore etc.

Story - California Trip – (the moment we have been waiting

for)

Down 101 Eureka CA – 9hrs GPS trying to get me back to I-57 or 8hrs later (we were still 7hrs away from

our destination) – we were 2.5hr away from home

It’s sad that we have Him who knows our destiny/ journey path

– yet we tell God, I got it from here Lord (GPS – keep me on 101)

I believe that half the time intentions are good- but we are not diligent to adhere to the steps that are laid out in the Bible, that guides us in order to end up in the city that God wants us in.

This morning I want to talk to you about Going up.

A time has to come when we have to put effort

to leave where we are and move closer to where God is callings us or called us.

This Christian walk is not an easy one. The

enemy will bring, disappointment, deception, distraction - he will try

and get you off goal. Watch out!

Ephesians 6:12  For

we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against

spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and

to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may

have it more abundantly.

How can we overcome this – How can we successfully run

our race? How can we go up to where God is sending us?

Get up

For the longest I can remember was not a morning person. I

prided in telling people how productive I was at night. That changed

I realized that in order to accomplish all that I needed to

do in a day I had to “get up” earlier every day.

I acknowledged where I was, and that I

need to do something different

Today God is asking you to acknowledge where you because it’s

time to GET UP

David had spent this period of his life running and watching

his back and now, it was time for him to go and in order to do that he had to get

up!

Today I am asking somebody to GET UP spiritually.

Let us have a spiritual awareness – Ask yourself where are you

and where do you need to go?

David had spent a lot of time running, hiding, fighting to

be relevant ….