1 Samuel 18:12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul.
Rejection resets the race.
The anointing, skill and talent will attract enemies. Not everyone will applaud the success of another. With a great achievement and victory, there will be animosity, envy and rejection. However, people who cannot rejoice in our success cannot be part of our journey and vision. The reactions of people around us in our success will reset our close circle of well-wishers and friends. Those who reject us actually help us to reset the course of our race.
David was rejected by his leader and king who should have been his mentor and guide. King Saul rejected David as he was envious, afraid and enraged about David’s victories. David was fighting for Israel. He was the Commander-in-Chief for King Saul. Hence, David’s victory should have been Saul’s victory but every time David defeated the enemies of Saul, Saul became like a senseless monster and tried to kill David.
The anointing that David carried brought about his success. In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him (vs 14-15). Saul rejected David from the palace but the rejection was the pathway of David’s success to the throne.
“Anointing will make us skillful but rejection will keep us humble”. Those who cannot tolerate the anointing that is on us will become envious, enraged and eccentric. There are some people we can never win over as their hearts are corrupt with demonic envy. Move away from them. Don’t let their rejection deject you. They are not meant to be part of your journey.
Resilience resets the race:
- Skillful: Anointing will make us skillful. The secret to David’s skillfulness was “anointing”. Skill can be learnt but anointing must be earned in the prayer closet. Anointing makes us skillful and powerful.
- Sensible: Anointing makes us wise and sensible. David was only a shepherd boy but the anointing made him carry himself with dignity and earned the respect of all the people of the nation.
- Successful: Success follows anointing. Seek God and success will seek you.
Rejection fine-tunes the trajectory of success.
Prayer: Dear Lord, when I am hated for the success you give me, help me remain meek and forbearing. Amen.
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