I Samuel 18:30
“Whenever the Philistine warlords came out to battle, David was there to meet them—and beat them, upstaging Saul’s men. David’s name was on everyone’s lips.”
“Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers. So David’s name became very famous.”
The Lord gave David success at everything he did. Perhaps David thought the time was at hand when the Lord’s anointing would be fulfilled. But David did not continue to rise. Instead, his life went sideways, for 10 years. It was as if God gave David a deposit on his kingship to hold him steady through his exile. It is the same with us. God gives each believer his spirit as deposit, guaranteeing our place in his family. It is for us, as it was for David, a promise of better things to come.
Lord, you ask great patience of us. I see in David story your wisdom in this. Give me grace to wait upon you in my life, especially when it goes sideways.