God's Sabbath

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him once the problem had been delivered into His hands. Isra el’s future king had no idea how his heavenly Problem Solver could possibly extricate him from the apparent dilemma facing him, but he knew that God is never caught by surprise, and would have a perfect solution ready. David had only to wait pa tiently for his salvation.

The Eleventh Hour

As the days passed and they marched nearer and nearer to the battlefront, David saw time running out with no visible evidence that God was doing anything to save him. Such occasions are times when the pressure to turn to our own works presses heavily upon us. It is at the eleventh hour when no solution is on the horizon that, like Elijah on Mount Carmel, we need to keep our minds from dwelling on our dangers and instead continue to review the past and recall God’s wonderful capacities, ways, and dependable faith fulness. As David did this, his trust in God was strengthened and he resolutely refused to take matters into his own hands again. Although David could not see it, God was working diligent ly for him and he needed only continue to wait patiently for those works to develop. As often happens, it was not until the eve of the battle that the divine Saviour was able to turn mat ters to David’s advantage. Meanwhile, the Lord’s anointed As time goes by and the problem becomes apparently more and more threatening, there is increased pressure to turn to our own works.

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