Help, LORD. Psalms 12:1a KJV🙏🏾💞❤️
God richly gives us everything to enjoy.
1Timothy 6:17c EXB
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Nothing has none more to discredit itself in recent years than the judiciary
And that includes the medical establishment during Covid, and Congress with all of its disgusting and craven antics
DAVID WAS ANOINTED… AND THEN HE WAITED.
That’s the part people don’t like to talk about.
In 1 Samuel 16, David is anointed king by Samuel.
Oil is poured.
God chooses him.
The calling is confirmed.
But here’s what most people miss:
He didn’t become king the next day.
Not the next week.
Not the next year.
It was about 15 years before David ever sat on the throne.
And those 15 years weren’t comfortable.
They were process.
After the anointing, David went right back to the field.
Then to serving.
Then to war.
Then to running for his life.
Because the same man he was called to replace…
Saul… was trying to kill him.
Think about that.
David was chosen by God…
but hunted by man.
He had the promise…
but not the position.
He had the oil…
but not the throne.
And here’s where it gets even deeper.
There were moments when David had the opportunity to kill Saul.
1 Samuel 24
David is in a cave… Saul walks in… and David could have ended everything right there.
But he doesn’t.
Why?
Because David understood something many people today don’t:
Just because you’re called… doesn’t mean you skip process.
David says:
“I will not stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.”
Even though Saul was wrong.
Even though Saul was chasing him.
Even though Saul was trying to kill him.
David refused to take what God promised…
out of God’s timing.
Now let’s bring this to today.
We have people who go live one time…
and call it a ministry.
Start a page…
and call it a calling.
Get a few views…
and think they’re ready to lead people.
No process.
No pruning.
No character development.
No submission.
No wilderness.
Just platform.
But here’s the truth:
God doesn’t just call you… He prepares you.
The Hebrew word for anointing is מָשַׁח (mashach)
which means to set apart for a purpose.
But being set apart…
does not mean being sent out immediately.
There is a gap between anointing and assignment.
And that gap is called:
Process.
David wasn’t just being delayed.
He was being developed.
In the wilderness, he learned:
• How to trust God
• How to lead without a title
• How to fight battles without recognition
• How to honor God even when leadership was corrupt
Because if God would’ve given David the throne too early…
he wouldn’t have had the character to sustain it.
And this is the problem with today’s generation:
We want to be seen…
before we’re ready.
We want influence…
without integrity.
We want a voice…
without having been tested.
But God is not impressed by your platform.
He’s looking at your process.
Because what you build fast without God…
you will lose faster without Him.
So before you call it ministry…
Ask yourself:
Have I been processed?
Have I been pruned?
Have I been tested in private?
Have I learned obedience?
Because David didn’t just become king because he was anointed.
He became king because he survived the process.