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Discipleship Focus: Power
- Power: This is the natural outcome when we truly get our authority from the king. When our authority is from God, we are equipped with His power to accomplish His will. We act on His behalf in a world that He desperately loves.
1 Chronicles 12 gives us some verses about the transition from
Saul to David. I think that this is an
incredibly interesting perspective. Do
you hear as you read through these verses just how many times people from the
tribe of Benjamin are coming to David?
Remember, the tribe of Benjamin was Saul’s tribe. These were his people coming over to
David. These were his kinsmen,
supposedly loyal to Saul. These were
people who had much to gain from having one of their own tribe in a position of
authority over the Hebrew people. Yet
they kept coming to David to lead them.
The question is why this would happen. The big reason is because God has empowered
David. It is God’s plan. He is in charge. His will is being done.
The lesser reason is because David is empowered. As Saul goes more and more insane, his
soldiers are losing faith. The more
fixated Saul becomes on destroying David, the more David’s sanity in leadership
is elevated in the eyes of the people. God
has empowered David to leader. The
people are beginning to see it and follow.
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