Today I have moved into read 1 Kings. I think I am going to concentrate on this book a bit in the next couple day/weeks so just so you know where I am going.
Just to give you some background: David is still king but is getting really old and the opener has him ill in bed. So the question is -- Who is going to be the next king? Now some of you may already know the story, and you know ultimately who David chooses but go with me on this.
In verse 5 it says "Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."
I don't know about you -- but note that Adonijah just decided He was going to be King and I am pretty sure that is not how it works. We could say that in this text He was simply setting a goal-- just as I used to say "I'm going to be a physician assistant" before I was even accepted into the program. Which ever way He meant it, it is clear He isn't waiting on God to guide that plan.
How often do we do that? Make plans without consulting the Lord? Do those plans EVER work out? In my experience rarely does anything that I want come to fruition unless it is God's plan. A few times the two have coincided but its not the norm. God has a perfect plan for us and his hand is behind everything we do, and yet we try and go it alone sometimes. Personally, I don't want to be in charge of my own life and my own destiny because I have a limited view that is obstruction by time, and humanity and I would rather have an all knowing, all powerful God planning my steps than fo rme to have to blindly guess what road I should go down. I want Him to lead the way.
Well in the case of Adonijah-He didn't become King -- Solomon is chosen. Would things have turned out differently if He prayed on it? who knows. But I do know this. Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart." This doesn't mean that if you delight yourself in the Lord you will get whatever you want. What it does mean is if you delight yoursel fin the Lord He will PUT desires in your heart that are according to His plan. That's how we can say with confidence that if you follow Him things will work out for the good of those who love Him. Because our desires become God's desires and of course He gets what He wants.
Let's learn from Adonijah and not declare what we will and will not be unless we are declaring we are a servant of the Lord.All other things He will decide and He has a plan for and we need not worry or be anxious for them. Let us just rest in the promises and wait for God to lead us where He has us. Let us continue to pray for his presence and as He shows up He will show us where we need to go.
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