The Lord has a Way

 2 Samuel 2; 1 Chronicles 11; Psalms 142; Matthew 14

“David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there said to David, ‘You will not get in here.’ Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David…And David became more and more powerful because the Lord Almighty was with him.”

1 Chronicles 11:4, 5, 9

David was committed to capturing the high place and most secure fortress in the region and using it as his home and capital. The Jebusites who lived there mocked him from the walls of the city. They trusted in their secure location with its steep ravines and thick, high walls to be their defense. David trusted in the presence of the Lord Almighty. David’s mighty men risked their lives to climb up the Jebusite’s water-access tunnel which connected the fortress to the Gihon Spring, the city’s only water source. Rather than opposing the strength of Jerusalem’s walls, David was led to another strategy because the Lord was with him. The Lord has a strategy for all our problems, challenges, and obstacles. We, too, grow in power as we acknowledge our weakness before the Lord and follow the leading of his Spirit. The enemy strongholds are no match for the Lord Almighty!

“Lord Jesus, you are my strength. I trust in you, for your glory.”