Occupying as a replacement 3

It’s Worship Wednesday!!! What songs have been carrying you lately? For me, it’s the old hymn, Because He Lives. It dropped into my spirit and I’ve been singing it with such deep conviction. There’s a real difference between singing a song because you enjoy it and singing from your soul because it truly means something to you. For me, it’s been the second. Maybe let’s take a moment and walk through the chorus together.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, 
because He lives, all fear is gone. 
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

by Bill Gaither and Gloria Gaither

I don’t know about you but this just makes me so confident. I can face tomorrow with no fear. God holds my future and it’s so worth living because He LIVES! Because He is alive! I have a future! I have good things to look forward to. Ah, GOD IS GOOD!

Today’s blog will be short but I wanna talk about David and Saul. Saul had been the king of Israel, the first king of Israel but now the bible says God replaced him. A man God himself chose was replaced by God. God didn’t find anyone from the army, He got a boy who was busy with sheep. The unassuming. The unimaginable that even Samuel wouldn’t have thought to anoint. How do you explain God replacing a king with a shepherd boy? The one whom even the father forgot about? Is he the one to rule Israel? What was it about that boy that no man in the army not even his own brothers could match up to?

Anyone who mishandles God’s assignment, refuses to obey, or becomes self-reliant in a task God has entrusted to them will ultimately be replaced. And that replacement may not look anything like them may not come from the same background, status, or circle. It could be just one woman or one man with a sincere and faithful heart. My prayer for us today is that we will never be replaced, but instead be found worthy to step into spaces where others have failed to steward God’s work well. May we rise to positions of influence with integrity, take hold of our promised “Canaan,” and establish God’s kingdom through righteousness.

Though many kings in Israel failed as replacements, that will not be our story. We will honor what we have been called to do and serve faithfully. Set aside the notion from Beyonce’s song “Irreplaceable ” the truth is, people are replaceable, but let us live in such a way that we are found faithful in our calling.

See you on Friday. I love you.

If you read my blogs but have never met this  Wonderful Jesus that I’m always writing about,  you’d love to get to know Him, Or you know The Lord but have found yourself drifting far from Him, I would love to talk with you. Please send me an email  on yieldedcwcenter@gmail.com or simply comment, and I will reach out to you.