But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim, and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
(2 Samuel 2:8-11 ESV)
David had been running scared for years, waiting for his promised time as king. Just when it looks like things will happen, as Saul has died and the people of Judah want him to be king, someone else steps in the way. Abner, relative and general for Saul. He saw his career coming to an end if David became king, so he had another plan. Smooth sailing. It happens once in awhile, but life doesn't bring that every day forever and ever. There will always be those people and events that frustrate us, slow us down, and seem like roadblocks to our destiny. That is no time to give us, lose control, or question our quest. It means learning to wait, move forward, wait, move forward. Then, when we are further on our journey, we can look back and see the overall progress and what God has done, and we will have a better idea of why the wait, and how those times were used by God to mold us into the stewards He wanted us to be. Wait on the LORD.
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