Greetings Global Family,
When David was first anointed by Samuel to reign as King, my expectation was that he should immediately ascend to leadership and sit where God said he would. It didn’t happen like that. He returned to the field of labor that he had been assigned. He was a shepherd boy, looking after his father’s sheep. This made no sense to me until I sat and thought about how many of us are anointed to do something for God, that we would do well to wait and agonize through a maturity, training season before we actually served in that capacity. David humbly served his father. He humbly served his brothers. He humbly served the king he would replace, even though that king was trying to kill him. He humbly served men whom God had allowed him to lead, in preparation for the leadership of a nation. That was important and impressive.
However, the most important and impressive thing David did, was to have the courage to address his miscarriage of purpose. The injustice afflicted on the very people (a soldier who protected his wife that represented a nation) which he had waited so long to lead. His purpose? Honor and serve God and the people He put under your stewardship to see His will for their lives. Represent the Kingdom of God so well, that the people on the earth experience His glory daily because they experience Him in you. David failed! Yet, he did not allow his failure to linger. He could have! He was the king. Who is there to make him do what he is supposed to? Well, it was Nathan, the Prophet of God, who comes to him to share. It is then up to David to receive it and turn away from the miserable miscarriage and towards the mercy of God. He does, while courageously posturing himself as a “pauper” before the King of Kings, seeking forgiveness and pledging to show others how to do the same. He never let his position push him to arrogance or pride. Consequently, with all of his flaws, God still used him as a “gold” standard for what an anointed seed looks like.
Let’s see what happens as we pray in the Month of November.
At His Feet,
~ Bishop Darryl F. Husband, Sr.
Director of GUF Intercessory Prayer