The David Principle

The David Principle

“And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him?”
II Samuel 9:3

David was a man after God’s own heart. He wanted to have the heart God has, to see things as He sees them and treat others the way He treats them. As a result, God’s character of loyalty and kindness was demonstrated through David’s life.

Hebrews 6:10 states, “For God is not unrighteous to forget your works and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” This aspect of God’s character is summarized by the David principle: “It’s not, What have you done for me lately? But, What have you done for me ever?”. Every act of faith carried out in God’s name has never nor will ever be forgotten. He not only remembers the kindnesses we have shown unto Him, but will return them upon our own heads and those of our children.

Who has shown you some kindness that you need to acknowledge? Who does God want you to initiate kindness toward? We demonstrate the loyal character of God when we remember and return the kindnesses of others toward us and the ones we love.

“Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not.”
Proverbs 27:10

–Tim Cruse

Uncommon Blessings

Uncommon Blessings

“I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city”
Amos 4:7

According to Job 37:16, the balancings of the clouds belongs to God. Because of His goodness, He allows it to rain upon the just and the unjust alike. However, there is a principle in this passage of scripture we must understand.

God can give rain or withhold rain according to the determinate counsel of His own will. He has the sovereign power and ability to give to some that which He withholds from others. Not everyone is going to be directly blessed by Him beyond the common blessings experienced by all.

“Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed” was the prayer of Jabez. More of us should long for the uncommon blessings of God in our lives. Though many are spiritually barren, we can “be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit”
- Jeremiah 17:8

–Tim Cruse