It took me about 13 minutes to read this passage on David’s ascent to the throne of Israel. Though Samuel had anointed David king over Israel years earlier, finally David took the position that God had prepared for him. Even with a mighty army backing him David waited for God to change the hearts of the people of Israel. I believe David would rather wait for God to change the people then for him to force his rule upon the unwilling. Waiting as he did is exactly what God needed David to do; because the people of Israel did respond to David. First the leaders agreed to make David king, then the people joined their leaders. In his songs of laments for two people who had fought against him; Saul and Abner, David showed that the love of God moved through him. He understood that all of Israel were united, and that fighting among themselves was not what God desired for his people. The same is true of God’s people today.
Stuart
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