Where you start is not where you will end if you run this race with a servant’s heart. Many of us have God destinies that we have yet to discover.  He is going to use us in ways that we never dreamed of. As a matter of fact, if we knew where we were going to finish this race, it would probably scare us.  That is why God moves us up a new level every so often when He feels we are ready.

II Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We are changing from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.  God elevates us as we spiritually grow and mature so that we can handle the new level.

Look at David, the shepherd boy; no one believed he would be King David. God knew his potential. David worshipped God with his whole heart.  Even when he fell into sin, God loved him and forgave him.  But notice how David was obedient to his earthly father and watched over the flock.  He learned many lessons being a shepherd.

His obedience took him to one of the greatest moments he would walk out in his life. He came face to face with the enemy, Goliath. We always will find our destiny by serving and helping others fight their battles. Even after he had been anointed king by Samuel.  He didn’t start acting like he was something great.  He didn’t let pride overtake him.  If that was some of us today, he would have said, “You need to get someone to watch the sheep.  I am going to be king.  I don’t want to do that any longer.  I am better than that; I am going to be king.” But David didn’t get prideful; he had a servant’s heart. He continued to serve as he was waiting for God’s timing. He trusted God to bring to pass what was spoken over him.

God allowed him to kill a lion. This gave him confidence when he came up against the bear. Which was bigger.  When he came up against Goliath, he had confidence that God would not let him down. Even though David was destined for great things, he served God where he was at the present time.

Facing Goliath was his destiny.  He met that destiny by being a servant.  His father Jesse sent David to take food and drink to his brothers, who were in a standoff with the Philistines. He had already been anointed by the prophet and told he would be king.  But he occupied where he was and waited for God to bring to pass that which was spoken over him.

How often do we feel like God is going to do something in our lives?  We feel he has a destiny for us that is greater than where we are currently walking.  But we get frustrated when things don’t come to pass as quickly as we feel they should happen. God’s timing is perfect. God cannot trust us with our Goliath yet.  We are not equipped to handle facing the giant. First, we have to kill the lion and the bear. Because the experience we gain facing those things will prepare us for our Goliath.

David was anointed three times to be King.  First was by the prophet Samuel. (I Sam. 16:13) This happened in front of his family. So only a few knew of God’s calling for his life. Often those closest to us will see what God is doing long before we do. 

The second anointing took place before the tribe of Judah by the elders of that tribe. This occurred in Hebron after the death of King Saul. (II Sam 2:4) Then he had to walk in his anointing in order for it to grow into God’s place for him.

The third time David was anointed to be king was not just to be king over Judah, but over Israel also. (I Chr. 11:3) This was in front of many in the nation of Israel.

This is another example of how God elevates us.  First, it was in front of his family, then it was before the tribe of Judah. The third was before the nation of Israel.  Each level of anointing gave him more responsibility. With each level, more people recognized he was called by God to be King. But do not forget he was once a shepherd boy.

The parable Jesus spoke in Matthew 25:21 speaks of a man that gave his servants talents and left for a long journey.  It goes on to explain that some took those talents and invested them and created more talents.  While one buried his talent because he didn’t want to lose it. When the man returned, a couple of them had doubled what they had been given. The master said Matt 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

This parable is a good example for us.  God gives us things and he expects us to use them to give an increase to the Kingdom of the Lord. But if we do not desire to increase what he has given us, we will never reach our destiny. We will never have that defining moment when we stand boldly before our Goliath and say, “I come to you in the name of this Lord” That word said the giant was going to fall.

Keep doing the small stuff, the God who sees in secret will reward us openly.  We just have to defeat our giant. The lesson that we need to take from this is we all have a place God wants to take us.  God has things for us to do and the way we end this life will be greater than we began if we fully trust God.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS