God saw that attitude. Twice David faced the same test, where the crowd was saying: now is your chance - get him! This will be over! David said: no, the Lord forbid I should do such a thing. I'm trusting God to get me where He wants me to get.
No man can steal your destiny - but you can mess it up, by not responding to God. Saul was never able to kill him, despite trying, using all these soldiers - with everything at his disposal, he could never kill David. Nobody can stop you from getting to where God wants you to get, but you can stop yourself, by getting wrong attitudes, and not responding right to God. The season of misunderstanding and rejection does not last forever, but it's preparing a king, for his next place, in the work of God.
Closing PrayerIf you're going through that, why don't you make a decision: I'm going to change how I respond to it, and behave differently. I'm going to bring what I have to the Lord, and press into His presence to listen to Him, to hear His words, and be encouraged in my faith. I'm going to release, and bless, the people that have done this; and I'm going to keep focusing on my commitment to the destiny and call of God. I will continue to help people. I won't become bitter.
There have been times when I have come through that gateway there, just overwhelmed with personal grief at what was happening in my life, and I made a statement to the Lord… When I cross that gate, I'm going to fulfil my call, and I expect you to take all the grief from me, and anoint me to do what I need to be doing.
God notices that kind of thing. You didn't notice that, but God did. You couldn't have done anything about the pain, or anything to help. I could have quit, given up, been overwhelmed; but Joy and I stood together, and pushed into God, and said: we will continue to serve, the way we're called to serve.
That's the heart of a king! That's the heart of David! Jesus was called the “Son of David”. That's the kind of man that David was, Jesus was even identified with him - same kind of person, same spirit.