2 Samuel 6:1-11 and 2 Samuel 5:4-10

Mike Davies

The events of everyday life rarely pan out as you would expect in the longer term. Being alive is an encounter and challenge, in which certain days are first-rate and then other days are ones in which you wish you had just stayed in bed.

For me 2011 went into full swing from day one, filled with promise and potential; but then my mother died quite unexpectedly. Then one thing after another seemed to come along. Various stuff can come against us, all of which can put a stop to us going forward in our true destiny.

The Bible tells us about David, a shepherd boy who became King; not a bad result!

Last week, I arrived in London to witness part of the pageantry of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. I managed to locate an excellent spot on the Mall in the early hours of the morning and then waited for daylight.

It would seem that Kate has achieved what many young girls can only ever dream about - growing up to marry a prince. But what about those dreams and aspirations that never come to realisation?

The Bible tells us that David was set an assignment of moving the Ark of the Covenant. He didn't know when he started that the task would involve losing a close friend. The account in Samuel tells us that David was at the threshing floor, the place of processing and the place where you lose something to gain something greater.

David was so incensed with God that he gave away his destiny. He placed the Ark of the Covenant into the house of Obed-Edom. For three months David gave up his future. He was in essence saying to God that if doing your will and fulfilling my destiny is this hard I want nothing to do with it.

It is in the time of fear and loss in your life that the enemy will step in and convince you that you are not good enough and not tough enough to do the job that God shaped you to do.

Circumstances come into our lives; this can be the loss of a loved one, financial difficulties, sickness, problems with the police, lack of confidence or self-esteem. It may be that you think your life is over, or that you can never accomplish what you know in your heart you should have. You may be thinking that your life can never be restored. But God will and can get you through it!

It took three months for David to think straight and have his passion restored. David's pain had been so overwhelming that for three months he was nowhere. He looked at the house of Obed-Edom, where he had left the Ark of the Covenant and saw that it was blessed. He had to get the Ark of the Covenant back from Obed-Edom in order to restore his passion and his ministry.

David's life had crashed and burned, but now he was up and back. The Bible tells us that however down and full of despair David was, that he was back full of delight, excitement and enthusiasm.

David, who was angry and bitter, is now restored. The Bible tells us that the righteous man falls seven times, but he gets back up again. If you can get back up again, you will be strengthened to face future circumstances in your walk of destiny.

If there are conditions in your life that are stopping you walking in the right and anointed destiny God has put before you, then you need to deal with them.

In David's case, his friends had told him how Obed-Edom's life was now being blessed. It was his friends who helped him see the truth of God's blessing. It is more often than not that our friends who are the ones who pick us up, dust us down and start to walk with us again.

I pray that if you are feeling in a place of despair that you stand up, dust yourself down, and fight for your destiny. It may seem that God is a long way off, but He is a lot closer than you know.

In 2 Samuel 5:10 it tells us that David went on and became great. Try reading this out and inserting your own name instead of David's.

If you need specific prayer then please let me know.