PREVIEW: Much of King David’s life was categorized by going without knowing — he journeyed hundreds of dangerous and depleting episodes in his life with not much more than simple trust and gritty obedience. From this side of history, we tend to romanticize his life as one victory after another with only an occasional challenge. Not the case! David’s life was every bit as challenging as yours and mine — arguably more. But the secret of David’s amazingly blessed life was simply that he put one footstep of faith in front of the other until he hit “pay-dirt.” Through defeats, dangers, and disasters, he gritted out a long obedience in the same direction, and sooner or later, hallelujah, he hit the sweet spot. Yes, the secret to David’s experience of every desire fulfilled and every request granted was his ruthless trust in God: “For the king trusts in the Lord.” (Psalm 21:7) Make ruthless trust in God the secret of your life as well.
A Journey of Worship // Psalm 21:2
How the king rejoices in your strength, O Lord! He shouts with joy because you give him victory. For you have given him his heart’s desire; you have withheld nothing he requested.
There are some days, even entire seasons of life, when we find ourselves in the sweet spot of God’s will. Everything simply falls into place. The other shoe never drops. “Stuff” never happens. Rather, blessing after blessing makes for one big fat fantastic experience.
We long for days like that, and sometimes, we get them. At other times, we must simply walk in faith and obedience — going without knowing yet trusting in the goodness of a God who “does all things well” and has promised to give us the desires of our heart.
In reality, much of David’s life was categorized by going without knowing — he journeyed hundreds of dangerous and depleting episodes in his life with not much more than simple trust and gritty obedience. From this side of history, we tend to romanticize David’s life as one victory after another with only an occasional challenge. Not the case! David’s life was every bit as challenging as yours and mine — arguably more.
But the secret of David’s amazing life was simply that he put one footstep of faith in front of the other until he hit “pay-dirt.” Through defeats, dangers, and disasters, he gritted out a long obedience in the same direction, and sooner or later, hallelujah, he hit the sweet spot. Yes, the secret to David’s experience of every desire fulfilled and every request granted was his ruthless trust in God. Psalm 21:7 says,
“For the king trusts in the Lord. The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling.”
Your hope and mine on this day is that it will include that sweet spot of God’s will — pay-dirt! Who knows if that will be the case? But the thing we do know is that our duty today is to take one footstep of faith at a time and leave the “when,” “where,” and “how” of the sweet spot up to God. Like David, our best option and our highest duty is to ruthlessly truth in the goodness of God.
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