2 Samuel 5:19
‘so David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”’
David may have been the greatest king in Israel. God called him a man after his own heart (I Samuel 13:14). This passage is one reason why; he feared God and rarely made moves before inquiring of Him.
His nation was a fledgling one that hadn't faced a major power under his rule. The philistines were a long standing, experienced army. This was an obvious mismatch of powers. The philistines were going to get some revenge on David for killing Goliath as well as putting him in his place. This normally would have been a smart plan.
David knew that with God was with him and with Israel as long they followed Him. Today's verse demonstrated a long practice with David, asking the Lord for guidance. We saw him going forth in God's name as a teenager.
God was disappointed with Saul as king and wanted to shift the nation towards David. It couldn't have been a more dramatic move. All of Israel's warriors were frightened, then here comes a teenager who confidently defends the Lord's honor. Word quickly spreads to Saul, who seizes the moment and accepts David's offer to fight. David had been a defender several times by then and this didn't feel different to him.
David had come a long way since Goliath. However, he is following the same pattern of reliance upon the Lord. "Shall I attack the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hands?" The Lord provides this as an example for us.
We will encounter all sorts of problems as we go throughout our days. We are to inquire of Him. Proverbs 3:6 says, "in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
Most of the issues we'll face will differ, but our remedy is the same, trust God. David learned this as a young man and used the same practice all his life. Whenever we sense anxiety, go to Him. It's so simple a child can do it.
We have a tendency to complicate things. Naaman was a Syrian king who contracted lepersy, so he inquired of the prophet to heal him. He was granted healing and given a simple task, but he felt offended by the simplicity of it. Here's his response in 2 Kings 5:11, 'But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy."' God gravitates towards simplicity and humility.
Look at how God sent His Son into the world, as a baby to poor parents. His fore running prophet was an odd guy in the desert. Jesus picked ordinary people as His disciples. The wealthy and powerful often judged Him as common.
The Lord is humble and often uses simple things in our lives. The scriptures say that He uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. It further says that when we ignore His truth, our thinking gets deluded, so as to believe lies. Stay humble, stay close to Him. Matthew says, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you."
This is how David lived his life. God honored and blessed him and so blessed the people of Israel. Thank You, Lord.Ephesians 2:12
“remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.”