Obscurity

We are all searching for significance in our lives, sometimes so much so we ignore the significant items that we have already found. Where was it that we were taught a "magic" formula and once we happen upon it, everything will suddenly be bright in our lives?

Many times, we treat the bible as a soothsayer and believe that if we just hold tight to certain verses they will eventually wield a secret power. God's word, the bible is true in every word, and every word that God spoke to those authors is His and holds His incredible power. What we tend to forget is that those words in the bible are conditional upon our obedience.

There was a boy named David born to a man named Jesse. David was the youngest of eight brothers. Being the youngest, David spent countless days in the fields watching his father's sheep. He must have had constant thoughts of what a worthless life God had planned for him. Regardless, David knew God in such an incredible way that eventually God used David to write a large portion of the bible.

One day while David was watching the sheep, a brother called him to the house, and David returned to find all his brothers, his father, and a prophet of God named Samuel waiting for his return.

"And the Lord said, 'This is the one; anoint him.' So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the olive oil he had brought and poured in on David's head. And the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him from that day forward." 1 Samuel 16:13 (NLT)

One minute David was just being obedient, watching his father's sheep in the field. The next minute, David was anointed by God as the next King of Israel.

Obscurity in the pastures was David's training ground and God chose that place so He would have David's undivided attention. God has planned great significance for each of our lives; the challenge is allowing God to bring about that significance in His time.

It is a challenge to live today for everything it is worth while making a note of the significance and wonder in which God has already surrounded our lives. Today will never come again, and you cannot go back and relive it. God will bring the rest of the significance to your life in His timing. Until then, live today for today. You will never get the chance to live it again.

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