Unstoppable Grace!

(1 Samuel 18:28-30 NLT)  When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him, Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.  Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers.  So David’s name became very famous.

This morning we continue our series “Grace that is Simply Amazing.”  After everything David had been through in the months following his triumphant victory over the giant, I am sure his wedding day was special.  David married the king’s daughter, Michal, the second daughter offered to him, but the first that he loved.  David and Michal were happily married and madly in love, David’s brother-in-law Jonathan was his best friend in the world, David’s men were willing to follow him to the end’s of the earth, and public could not get enough to David, loving everything he did.  If this happened today David and Michal would be followed by the paparazzi, David would be on the cover of every magazine, and we would watch David tell his story on Oprah.  This unknown eighth son from Bethlehem had taken Israel by storm.  From the outside you would say his life was amazing, and it was, but from within the palace gates the people saw something else brewing… Saul’s resentment towards David.

Our text says, “Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.”  Another translation says, “Saul’s fear of David increased and settled into hate. Saul hated David.”  Isn’t that sad.  David was experiencing supernatural victory after supernatural victory in his life, but the man who was supposed to have the most power in the entire kingdom, a man David had done nothing wrong to, hated him.  But while it is sad, the flipside is that Saul, who had earthly power, could do nothing to stop David.  The more the Philistines attacked and the more David went out to fight, the more David was able to outshine everyone else and the text says his name “became very famous.”

How did this happen?  How did a nobody from nowhere become so famous that he was outshining the king?  How did a kid from a lowly family come into the palace and win over the king’s kids?  How did a teenager who had never served a day in the Army become the General on the cover of Israel’s Time magazine?  I’ll tell you how: GRACE!  While David had something to do with it, David could not take all the credit.  This was God’s handiwork.  The hand of God was evident on David and he was experiencing overwhelming, immeasurable, and undeserved grace.  Guess what?  That same grace is available to you.

So what does this mean to you today?  A few things:
1.  When you tap into your purpose it unleashes God’s immeasurable grace.  David was born to do what he was doing.  David did not know it, but all his life the Lord was preparing him for this assignment and once he started walking in it, supernatural grace empowered him to experience divine success.  The same will happen for you once you start walking in your divine purpose.

2.  Prosperity will not come without opposition.  When people hear the word “prosperity” many immediately think of money.  While that is not necessarily incorrect, it is incomplete.  Divine prosperity is not just tied to resources, it is about supernatural success.  The Lord wants us to succeed in life and when we walk in our divine purpose, the grace will be on us to succeed.  But even divine success does not exonerate us from opposition and challenges.  Make no mistake, you will be tested.

3.  Grace is unstoppable.  No matter how much opposition comes, grace is unstoppable.  Saul was supposedly the most powerful man in the land and he could not stop a teenager who had the grace of God operating through his life.  When you are operating in God’s grace the enemy cannot stop was God has started.

Closing Confession:  Father, I thank You for this teaching.  I declare by faith that I find, follow, and finish my divine purpose in life before I die.  As I find and follow the purpose You established for me, before the foundations of the world, I tap into Your immeasurable grace.  Your grace flows freely to me, because I am doing what You destined me to do, and since I am fulfilling Your purpose for my life, You are well pleased and You bless me richly.  I know I will face opposition on the road to Your desired destination.  I know it is not always going to be easy.  I know I will have to overcome obstacle after obstacle.  But I also know that Your grace is unstoppable.  The enemy cannot stop what You have started in my life.  I look unto You as not just the author, but also the finisher of my faith.  Like Paul, I am confident of this very thing, that You, who have begun a good work in me, shall perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.  You always finish what You start and what You have started in me is unstoppable!  I declare this by faith.  In Jesus’ name.

This is Today’s Word!  Apply it and Prosper.