"Game Changer" -2

"Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength." (Psalms 54:1) So what are we meant to do? If God is in control, what can we do? I ask myself that more and more lately; mostly because I do not know what God is doing; yet I know what is my duty and responsibility as a servant to God, and to my wife. You could actually see this happening also with David, who knew that God had anointed him to be the next king, yet he was not willing to raise his hand against Saul, even though it looked like Saul had been delivered into his hands, not once, but twice. Was it easy to say no? Absolutely not; especially not with the men that were following you feeling as though you cared more for Saul's life then their own. There was one major thing that had happened between the first and the second time, which was the death of Samuel; seeing how it was Samuel that had anointed David to be the next king, this could have been a game changer; but Samuel was not the one in control, God was! This is something very important for each and every one of us to hold onto and never let go, that God is the one who calls the shots; it's not up to anyone else but God, and if God says that something will be, then it is not dependent upon anything else that it should happen; nor, can anything else take away from what God has promised. You have got to understand what faith actually looks like, because it is not dependent upon a set of circumstances, but it is actually despite the circumstances, where God gets to show forth His power and might. There is absolutely no way that David could declare, I made this happen, because he did not do anything to make it happen, but to get out of God's way. I don't care what you are dealing with, or how dark the horizon might appear, if God has called you to a certain a place or to perform a certain ministry, then you are to be patient and keep serving, no matter what things might appear like, because it's not up to the way things appear, nor is it even up to what those around you say, it's up to God; God is the one who holds all the cards, and He is the one that is in control, no matter how things appear.... "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)