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“When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees…then shall the Lord go out before thee” (2 Samuel 5:24).
Just before this verse, we read that David had inquired of the Lord as to how to proceed in a battle. And this was the answer he was given. I don’t suppose it was any clearer to David than it is to us on reading it today. He might have wondered, Whatever is “the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees”? But he had asked for guidance and was willing to wait with this answer, knowing that when the time came, he would recognize the moment.
We too often ask the Lord for His direction in something. Then we must be content to wait, knowing that if we want to do our Lord’s will, we will know when the moment comes, and how to go ahead. Naturally we like to know well ahead of the time! But walking with the Lord is a day by day, moment by moment privilege.
David was victorious in the battle. We can be as well.
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