Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
God is a God of order and he builds our life that way. Think of it like a process. And if you want to see that clearly, look at David.
David went from a shepherd boy nobody called for to the king of Israel. Between the oil on his head and the crown, there were years of running, fighting, failing, waiting, and sitting in silence wondering if God had forgotten him. Every stage built on the one before it.
And here’s what will either encourage you or frustrate you: God uses the same process on every believer.
You know God has called you to something. But at times, nothing is moving. Or worse, everything is going the wrong direction. The door is still closed, the ministry is smaller than you thought it would be, and the thing you thought was temporary has lasted longer than you expected. And after a while, you start wondering if maybe you heard God wrong.
This series follows the order God used to build David and presses it into where we live right now.
Here is the road David walked:
1. Anointed King but Nothing Changes
Samuel pours oil on David’s head and the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him. Then David goes right back to the sheep with no throne, no special announcement and even his own father had not even called him in.
2. The Long Season of Fighting
Over a decade of Goliath, caves, betrayal, and running for his life. Every chapter looks like the end. However, none of them are.
3. God Gives You Part Before He Gives You The Whole
David is crowned king over one tribe. Not the full twelve tribes. He sits in Hebron for seven and a half years with a partial crown, waiting for the rest.
4. Taking the City Nobody Could Take
Jerusalem had been in enemy hands for 400 years. David takes it through a water shaft nobody was watching. The impossible happened in a day.
5. When Good Intentions Go Wrong
David tries to bring the Ark to Jerusalem on an ox cart. He had the right heart but the wrong method. God kills Uzzah and everything stops.
6. Doing It God’s Way
David goes back and does it the way God commanded. The Levites carry the Ark on poles. David dances before the Lord. Same assignment, different result because he did things properly.
7. When God Says No to Your Best Idea
David wants to build God a house and God says no. Then God says, I’m going to build you one instead, and it will last forever.
8. Worship Before Vision
David doesn’t argue. He sits before the Lord and worships. The presence of God had to be in place before the promise of God was revealed.
9. Preparing for What You’ll Never Finish
David spends the rest of his life gathering materials for a temple he will never see built. He hands it all to Solomon and trusts God with the outcome.
Where Are You Right Now?
Maybe you’re back with the sheep and nobody has noticed what God put in you.
Maybe you’re in a cave wondering why God let your life fall apart.
Maybe you’re sitting in Hebron with one tribe and it feels like God gave you just enough to be frustrated.
Maybe you brought the cart and the whole thing fell apart.
Maybe God told you no and it still hurts.
Or maybe you’re stacking lumber for a building you’ll never see.
Philippians 1:6. He started it and He’ll finish it. He hasn’t missed a step yet and He’s not going to start doing so with you.
