Wait for the Lord

David achieved his destiny through faith and patience. The Lord has chosen and anointed David to lead Israel long before he was installed as king. He had to endure his time in the wilderness, fight his battles and wait for the Lord to clear his way to the kingdom. After Saul’s death the people gathered and acknowledged, “You’ve been our leader all along, even while Saul was king.” (1Ch 11:1) If David had grown impatient and asserted his obvious authority, he might have short-circuited the whole process. He seemed to sense where God was moving and went with the flow. “That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Heb 6:12 (KJV))