NATURE DOES NOT SUFFER VACUUM (PART 3)

Vs. 1: When someone loses his calling and ministry, God wastes no time in replacing him or her. Nature does not suffer vacuum and the divine assignment on the earth must go on. As a saying goes, ‘when someone is messing up, another person is warming up to take charge and continue the task’. This was exactly what happened in the case of Saul and David. Once God rejected Saul as king over Israel, He immediately set machinery in motion to anoint David as the next king. Now, here is an observation that I find very interesting. Even after the anointing of David as king over Israel, Saul still remained the king and ruled over Israel for a number of years. Wow! That means that the fact that someone is in position of power or authority today does not mean he or she is really there! In the eyes of God, Saul was no more the king over Israel, but he still reigned in the kingdom until he was eventually eliminated.

Vs. 2-3: When God gives someone a charge, He would give the strategy by which he can accomplish the task, if he takes the pain to ask Him. But oftentimes, we tend to run with the assignment without taking time to ask God for the strategy. If not for the fear of losing his life, Samuel would not have had cause to ask God how he was going to anoint David as king when Saul was still alive and on the throne. But when he expressed his fear, God, Who was never short of ideas, told him how he should go about it. And it worked!

Vs. 14: Vacuum is one thing that Nature does not allow at any point in time. That is why the place of the Spirit in every man will either be occupied by the Spirit of God or another spirit. In the case of Saul, immediately the Spirit of God departed from him, a distressing spirit took over and began to influence his behaviours henceforth.

GOD’S PERCEPTION Vs. MAN’S PERCEPTION

Vs. 7: The way and “what” God sees are quite different from the way and “what” men see. Men usually look at the exteriors, God considers the interiors; men regard the action, God looks at the motive; men are impressed with the presentation, God is impressed with the preparation; men focus on the container, God’s focus is on the content; men applaud the stunts, God appraises the heart and the list goes on.