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“So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron…and they anointed David king over Israel” (2 Samuel 5:3).
David had been anointed king many years before, probably when he was still a teenager. Yet it had taken all this time for him actually to be made king. He had begun to reign over Judah when he was thirty years old, but did not become king over all Israel until he was thirty-seven. That was a long time to wait!
However, it is always good to wait the Lord’s time in our lives. David learned some valuable lessons while he was running from Saul; he learned to trust the Lord completely, and he maintained this faith the rest of his life. Many of the psalms were written during this time, and they are wonderful expressions of how David experienced God’s care for him.
Sometimes we too may have to go through some hard experiences in our lives, but let us remember that the Lord has blessing for us at the end. If we go through the trouble with Him, we learn things from the difficulties in our lives, and the Lord has promised to bring us through them. We will get the victory in the end!
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