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“Go Up” 2 Samuel 2:1-11

Recap

David is still in the land of the Philistines, before this point  he had experienced discouragement and despair, running away from King Saul, hanging out with the enemy and now Saul is dead

This is the moment he has been waiting for. Since he was anointed by Samuel as a little boy – a shepherd, the time he has been waiting for has finally come and he can be King

Lion King “I just can’t wait to be King”

He does what every good bible loving, Christ serving Christian would do. He enquires of the Lord

“Shall I go to any cities of Judah?” – God answers him and says GO UP!

And like a good Christian (described above) he sets out with God’s blessing – NO

He asks a for further direction “Where shall I go up to?”

Man, do we miss the mark on this part – We take over/ argue/ ignore etc.

Story - California Trip – (the moment we have been waiting for)

Down 101 Eureka CA – 9hrs GPS trying to get me back to I-57 or 8hrs later (we were still 7hrs away from our destination) – we were 2.5hr away from home

It’s sad that we have Him who knows our destiny/ journey path – yet we tell God, I got it from here Lord (GPS – keep me on 101)

I believe that half the time intentions are good- but we are not diligent to adhere to the steps that are laid out in the Bible, that guides us in order to end up in the city that God wants us in.

This morning I want to talk to you about Going up.

A time has to come when we have to put effort to leave where we are and move closer to where God is callings us or called us. This Christian walk is not an easy one. The enemy will bring, disappointment, deception, distraction - he will try and get you off goal. Watch out!

Ephesians 6:12  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

How can we overcome this – How can we successfully run our race? How can we go up to where God is sending us?

Get up

For the longest I can remember was not a morning person. I prided in telling people how productive I was at night. That changed

I realized that in order to accomplish all that I needed to do in a day I had to “get up” earlier every day.

I acknowledged where I was, and that I need to do something different

Today God is asking you to acknowledge where you because it’s time to GET UP

David had spent this period of his life running and watching his back and now, it was time for him to go and in order to do that he had to get up!

Today I am asking somebody to GET UP spiritually.

Let us have a spiritual awareness – Ask yourself where are you and where do you need to go?

David had spent a lot of time running, hiding, fighting to be relevant ….and a time had come when that was now the past and now he had a choice to make.

What had sustained him in the past, would not be sufficient to for the journey ahead.

He enquired of the Lord!!

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope

Spurgeon – God does not only think of you, but towards you. His thoughts are all drifting towards you (as one in love, thinking of their loved one (me add)

The devils work is to keep us down, keep those plans in check- David was in a battle for a long time…and if he wasn’t in a close relationship with God, that could have easily become his identity.

We are not immune to staying down and not “getting up” – “Things will never change”” This is who I am” “This always happens” “That’s my luck”

You see this in the Story of Elijah