The King in the Cave – 1 Samuel 22 - [LIFE] - Brent Phillips - Encounter Houston
1 Samuel 16:12-13 "So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him. ”So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah."
Sometimes we look at the lives of those in The Bible and we immediately remember where God took them. But, we often forget that there has to be a beginning and a middle before there can be the end.
And we think that our stories and our situations are to hard for God to step in and make anything extraordinary happen from our past and current situations, when the real reason for their testimonies is so that we can take courage and we can take faith and face anything that comes our way and God can and will do something extraordinary!
God sometimes gives us a glimpse of what He going to do in our lives and we get so excited and then the next day or a couple of months later that picture that was once so clear begins to seem like it is falling apart.
1 Samuel 22:1-3 "So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.
One moment we see David being anointed as king and then a little while later we see David the king in the cave. And it looking like everything is scattered and falling apart.
Have you had a word from God? Found a promise from Him and you’re standing on that word or promise? One day it seemed so clear and then the next day came and nothing happen the next month still nothing happen and eventually it felt like all the pieces to make that promise come together has fallen apart.
We must know that God shows us the picture of what He wants to build and then He begins to position us in a way that all the pieces begin to come together. He sets us up for the greatest comeback ever!
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