God can speak through the Bible. He can speak directly. He can also speak through a person with wisdom; but if you're wanting an answer, or direction in your life, do not go to the crowd. Go to someone who has a track record of success in their life and talk to them - ask them.
I had one young person come to me and ask: what do you think I should do, this coming year - should I go to university, or should I stay here? I said: give me a chance to think about it; and then I said: no, I think you should stay here for one more year. The person went off to university anyway, but they had not been prepared properly for it, just like I'd told them. You're not ready for that yet. Just stay and become consolidated, get some money behind you; get a track record of working and serving. Then you'll be ready - but they didn't. They went ahead, and their whole life was turned over, and they came back with failure around them. It took about two or three years to get over that. If they'd just listened to God's advice at the right time, they would have saved two, three, four years cycle, with all the problems that went with it. How better it is, if we listen.
David enquired of the Lord. He had a heart to ask and seek God for what to do. Think about that. Jesus constantly looked for direction Himself. There's a situation in Mark 1, where Jesus had tremendous crowds around Him, all kinds of miracles were there. He rose early in the morning, and the Father said: I don't want You to stay here with us. I want You to move on. He said: this is what I have as Your purpose. And the crowds came, and they said: Jesus, just stay here - it's so good, and things that are happening! He said: no, I must fulfil My purpose - I've got to go to other cities.
One of the things that will keep you on track is having a clear purpose where my life is going - some kind of plan to get there, and continually consulting the Lord: where do I go? What do I do? Lord, show me now, at this point, what I should do. Do you have clear plans? A person with no clear plan will be drifting, and be unaware of what's coming, and taking away their time and life.
He enquired of the Lord, and he had a heart to ask after God. I want to show you some other things here, which show David's heart. Remember, now he's in a place of being promoted. The next thing you see about him is, he showed personal care, not only to his family, but to those who helped him. Not only did he look after his wife and family, but he also looked after the men who were with him. He made provision for them. So one of the things that was in David's heart, he had not only a heart to seek God, but he also had a heart to care for the people who were around him, to ensure that they were provided for, to ensure that they got blessed.
Often you find with ambitious people, what they want to do is walk on everyone to get where they want to get, and they have no sense of caring for the ones around them, who are a part of it. No one really makes it on their own. Always, there's people that help you; so what is your attitude to the people around you, that are helping you move forward in your life? Have you identified the people who are supporting you, and helping you? Maybe it's a parent? Maybe it's both parents? Maybe you have some friends, a youth leader, or someone around you, that's being a support and a help. What is your attitude to them? Do you appreciate them? Do you speak to them, and express your appreciation?