1 Samuel 16:1-3, 8–13 NIV
“It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.”
Proverbs 25:2 NLT
God conceals for our benefit; as kings, we have the privilege to discover what has been concealed. When God asked Samuel to go to Bethlehem to anoint a king, He did not reveal the identity of David. He only told Samuel that he had selected one of Jesse’s sons to be King. It was Samuel's obedience to God's instructions (with only pieces of the puzzle) that gave him the privilege to discover what God had concealed: David, a man after God's heart as king of Israel.
Without consistent, blind obedience, Samuel would have never known.
And guess what? David was shepherding—doing the work in preparation to be king—when he was sent for.
When God is birthing through us. We may not look like what we are outwardly, so we cannot rely on outward confirmations of God's Word. But instead, we need to look inward. As an example, Samuel and Jesse both did not know that God had called David to be the next king until David walked into the room. We have a similar example with Joseph in prison. No one could have imagined a prisoner becoming prime minister.
It is God’s glory to conceal a matter, but it is a king's glory to reveal the matter.
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