If You Don't Quit, He Won't Quit
I just began a study of the Psalms, many of which were written by David, and I cannot tell you how much of a blessing it has been. In Psalms 3 and 4, David finds himself in dire straits, even as the king of Israel. His son, Absalom, had wooed the people to turn against David because of his failure with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah.
It was a dark time. Much of the nation had turned its back on David, their king, and applauded Absalom, believing that they could remove David from the throne. Yes, David did commit an atrocious act of sin. Yes, David did commit the act of adultery. Because of this, the people believed that God would no longer be with their king and they had the right to remove him at their will. But one thing they had failed to take into consideration was David’s repentance. He knew what he did was wrong. He took the matter to the Lord and God forgave him, cleansed him, and made him pure and clean, as only the blood of Jesus can do.
But in those dark times, David would lay a foundation for every single believer—he called out unto the Lord. In other words, David had a tremendous prayer life as shown in Psalm 55:17: “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.”
A strong prayer life is the foundation for every believer to mimic. As David, we should set aside some time each and every single day to seek God and to pray. We should begin by thanking Him for all of His goodness and His blessings upon us. We should do this even before we lay our petitions before Him, for it shows our gratitude for what He has done and faith for what He is going to do.
Next, we must bring our petitions, believing and knowing that He is able to answer prayer. If something is the will of God, then there may be some delay, but that delay does not mean denial, it just means that we are to continue to seek the Lord regarding His will and believe that it will come to pass. This is something that I have learned to do. God has promised me certain things that have yet to happen and, even though some time has passed, I know that those promises will be fulfilled in His timing.
David took his problems to the Lord, as we should all do, and received assurance that God was going to deliver him. Absalom was trying to usurp David, and the people had thrown in their lot with Absalom. David could have feared for his life, but he cried to the Lord during this time of distress to the point where he could lay down his head and rest, peacefully, knowing that his God was going to see him through.
There is a great lesson for us in this—if we love the Lord and put our complete trust in Him then there is nothing that can’t be done that either God causes or allows. God will not allow anything to come upon us that would harm us in any way. There might be things that would be negative that would come upon us, but when we understand that everything that happens to us is either caused or allowed by the Lord, then whatever happens is all for our good. It really doesn’t matter what forces Satan brings against you; the forces available to the Lord are far greater than those of Satan. We must learn to trust Him in all things and know that everything He allows will ultimately be for our good.
David claimed his victory, all by faith, as if it has already been done. This is remarkable and should be understood by all believers. Faith can declare the victory even before it has ever happened. Hallelujah! Faith can declare the victory even before the victory is won—it has been won by Jesus Christ through what He did for us at Calvary’s Cross, and we are to believe that His victory is now our victory. It has already been done, and we can believe Him that the victory is ours. Yes, even in the midst of failure, we can still declare, by faith, that we are victorious through the blood of Jesus Christ. We can declare that sin will not have dominion over us, for we are depending not upon our own flesh and strength, but upon the Holy Spirit who works through the finished work of Christ.
As a believer, if you will fully trust the Lord, exactly as David did, then God is able to take whatever is and have nothing but good left. It might take some time, but we are much better off trusting Him through the situation than to give up and quit.
The worst thing that a believer can do is quit, give up, and throw in the towel. You may not know that on the very day you quit, your blessing was right around the corner. When you quit, you’re saying that God is not able to meet your need, and you’re better off trying to do this alone. God can never bless quitters. Remember that. God can never bless quitters. It’s something that He will not deal with or tolerate. But as long as you continue to believe, trust, and depend upon Christ, He will bring you through.
In other words, if you don’t quit—no matter how bad the situation may be—God won’t quit. He is faithful to bring us through, and whatever Satan meant for evil, God will turn it around for our good.
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