"The Roll Begins"

"O LORD my God, in Thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;" (Psalms 7:1) As with any trial that we face, our first reaction is to plead for mercy. It is our natural reaction to that of self preservation. The question we are faced with in our time of trials, is, Why? Why is this happening Lord? In this, David clearly says, "in Thee do I put my trust"; which is to say, LORD, I really don't know why, or even what shall come of this, but I trust in You. If you did read the portion of Scripture in 2 Samuel 16:5-14, then you should know that David did not let any harm come to this raving idiot; but instead, let him curse and throw rocks at both him and his mighty companions, as they walked down the road, trying to mind their own business. He even went as far as to say that God sent him out there to curse him; as if to say that he deserved it. However, when you see the message delivered by this man, there is only one place that this message could have come from! "And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man." (2 Samuel 16:7 & 8) So; here is the thing that David is facing within his own heart: Do I deserve this? What say you? For, anyone who was not for David, would most likely say that he deserved being called 'a man of blood'; but anyone who could understand the scope of the charge, would want to chop off Shimei's head! Do you see what I am getting at? Yes, No; Maybe so? Okay; first off, David was called by God to be the king; and if you know the story, he did not take Saul's kingdom from him. Sure, he may have done wrong by sinning with Bathsheba; and for that, he was suffering with the humiliation of Absalom's revolt. But he was anointed king by God! We who are called by Jesus Christ into His kingdom, are chosen by Him; and as such, we might mess up, but we have still been chosen for His purposes. The enemy will try to use our sins against us, as to try and make us believe that we have not been called, but that we are in a wrong standing; making us question whether we were even called at all. Forgiveness starts in our own hearts! Surely we have been given forgiveness for our sins by the blood of Jesus Christ, but that forgiveness begins when we accept it within our heart; knowing that He has chosen us and that He has died in our place, we walk upright and in the spotlight of that forgiveness! Do you question His calling upon your life? "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)