The Call of David

 When this great event took place, the Lord knew exactly what David would do, and what David would be. He knew that David would commit adultery and cold-blooded murder. The Lord knew that David would leave Judah and go over to the side of the Philistines in Gath; feigning insanity, crawling around on all fours. He knew that David would disobey the Lord by numbering the fighting men of Israel without paying the tax resulting in thousands of men dying. Knowing that David would fail and fail Mightily, He called David anyway! How does the church explain that? It is really simple. If God waited on perfection no one would ever be used in any capacity for the Lord’s work.

 When the Lord calls someone for service, the call is not given because of maturity of faith, or consecration. In fact, the great necessities of faith, dedication, consecration, and maturity are resident in very small quantities. David would have to, as we all do, grow into greatness of Faith and consecration. For this to happen, David would have to be put to the test. He would fail, as fail he must, but through his failure, faith would grow along with dependence on the Lord. Simply put, David would lose some battles but he would not lose the war!

 The church must never lose sight of the fact that there is a great difference between us failing and our faith failing. David failed yet his faith in what the sacrificial lamb represented did not fail. The Lord told Peter “I have prayed for you that your faith fail not” (Luke 22:32). In other words, you are going to fail but your faith does not have to fail.

 In all failures, don’t quit, don’t give up, put it under the Blood and keep moving forward, and don’t forget Psalm 34:18 which tells us that “The Lord is near unto them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit”.

 This has been the musing and the ramblings of one who has failed many times, but whose faith is in the slain Lamb.

 

Donnie Swaggart