Q2. Patience

[blezed]

Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David).

1. David was anointed at approximately the age of 15. He was thirty when he became King, so it was approximately 15yrs.

Why did the fulfillment of God’s word take so long?

2. I think it took a long time to fulfill God's word because God had to prepare David. We must also remember God's time is not our time. What seem long to us might have been only a second in God's eyesight.

How would you evaluate David’s patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king?

3. David's patience is how we all should me. He waited patiently and stood on God's promise.

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How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

4. Now I am a pretty patient person. In the past, I wanted things I asked God for right away. When I felt He was taking too long, I tried to help Him out and really messed things up.

[Commissioned]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David). Why did the fulfillment of God’s word take so long? How would you evaluate David’s patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

The time that lapsed between Samuel's anointing of David and his reign over all Israel was about seven.

The fulfillment of God’s word took so long because of David's a keen sense of righteousness when it involves the kingship. He restrained himself from establishing himself as King over Saul and his descendant after Saul's death because he knew the kingdom would be his someday. In evaluating David's patience I'd say that he waited paitently knowing that God's plan for his life would come to pass. I'd like to say that I also wait patiently for God's plans to unfold but, very often I am impatient. It is an area that I need God's help with.

[Lorraine Overstreet]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5)

Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David).

Why did the fulfillment of God’s word take so long?

How would you evaluate David’s patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king?

How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

a. It was about 15 years since David was anointed by Soloman.

b. David needed to learn how to rule a nation and Israel needed to see a

Bad King before they could see a Good King. David needed to see how NOT

to turn from God. He could see what that had done to Saul. David also needed

to become a strong leader. I think God was testing David in faith, devotion,

and strength to lead.

c. I believe David was very patient, but he knew Saul had been anointed and

that God would fulfill his prophecy when God was ready to do so. I believed

God used this time to get David ready for being the King of Israel.

e. My patience? I pray for God to help me learn more patience.

[tammie7]

It was 15 year before daivd set up his throne.

because God had to get every bad thing out of the way.

Daivid had good patience.My patience is good but it can

always get better.

[royk]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David). Why did the fulfillment of God’s word take so long? How would you evaluate David’s patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

It is noted to be 15 years after being anointed by Samuel that David became King. As God is in control, it is not for us to say how long it will take for his will to be done. Things unfold un front of us, done by the hand of God. Taking David's example of having restraint and always seeking to ask God before acting on a big thing, or anything...

As an impatient person, I have been quick to act on things in my life. I believe this is God's will and destiny for me. But I need to be more patient and not expect some things to happen as quickly as I would like. It is always HIS will that is done, no matter what path we think we are taking.

[wifee]

2a)Approx 15yrs

b)God needed this time to prepare David for the many struggles ahead. Israel had to experience what a bad king was like in Saul, before they were ready for good king. David’s faith grew in this time of dependence and trust on God. He learnt much from Saul’s example of how not to be king. It was God’s perfect timing.

c) David was very patient esp thro wilderness yrs., he didn’t dive in, but waited. He knew God would work things out in his perfect will& timing

.d)I have grown more patient whilst n God’s refining process of health &ministry tough time,learnt much of what it means to depend on God ¬ self or others, and learned too, you can’t hurry God by grumbling or self-pity. Still have much more to learn.

[cjenkins1388]

David became King of Hebron appoximately 15 years after God instructed Samuel to annoint David and the Holy Spirit came upon him.

 

 

David's knew without a doubt he would become King one day, I feel like he didn't question when it would happen.  He loved and respected the kings before him he didn't contemplate when, or how he would

 

15 years isn't really that long, by the time we are 15 years old most of us already know what we want to become as an adult.

Doctors, lawyers, atheletes etc. which all take a long time to become.    Some times we don't have the patience to wait for the Lord to give us what He wants us to have so we make the choice to move forward with our lives in a different direction.

 

 

[karynjg]

 (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel?  Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long? How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

 

David was just a teenager when he was called by Samuel, so it must have been about 15 years until he became king.  God undoubtedly used these years to shape and mold David into a man of faith in God and into a strong and capable leader. As I've read his story, I have seen him display a lot of patience as he waited for God's timing, and God blessed him for this.  For me, patience is something that has developed as I have grown in age and spiritual maturity. While I still do get impatient as times, I am understanding that God knows what He doing in every aspect of my life and the lives of those I love, so it gets a little easier to wait for His plan to unfold.

[karynjg]

 (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel?  Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long? How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

 

David was just a teenager when he was called by Samuel, so it must have been about 15 years until he became king.  God undoubtedly used these years to shape and mold David into a man of faith in God and into a strong and capable leader. As I've read his story, I have seen him display a lot of patience as he waited for God's timing, and God blessed him for this.  For me, patience is something that has developed as I have grown in age and spiritual maturity. While I still do get impatient as times, I am understanding that God knows what He doing in every aspect of my life and the lives of those I love, so it gets a little easier to wait for His plan to unfold.

[WinstonY]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David). Why did the fulfillment of God’s word take so long? How would you evaluate David’s patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

 

According to the chronology of David's reign he was 37 years old when he became king of all of Israel. If David were 16 when he was anointed by Samuel then he would have waited 21 years in order to become king of all of Israel.

We cannot comprehend God's ways hands we do not know why it was 21 years before God placed David as king of Israel. Maybe it David needed experience and seasoning before his responsibilities as king. I myself am not very patient.

 

 

[WinstonY]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long? How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

It would be approximately 15 years since David was anointed king by Samuel since he would then have been approximately 15 years old.

The reason for this length of time was probably because David needed maturity and experience in order to become king. In these fifteen years he learned a military strategy and from being in the court of the king he would have being able to view diplomacy.

David was patient but he did not really have any other choice. It may be possible that David was not as patient as is pointed out for why did Saul search for him so hard if he had not done something treasonable or considered treasonable by the king.

Unfortunately, I am not a patient person.

 

[Irmela]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5)

Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David.)

Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long?

How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king?

How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

I would reckon it to be about 15 years that David was anointed by Samuel, before he became king over Judah.

God's timing is not our timing.  There are always things that need to be learnt or gotten out of the way, or certain aspects that need to be established before God's Word comes into fulfillment and then when the time is right it comes to pass.  

I think it is amazing how David did not take matters into his own hands and wipe out Saul.  How he was fully prepared to support Saul and fight in his army all the years, until it was not safe for him to be in Saul's presence anymore.  Even then when push came to shove, he protected his people and fought off those who would have gone further into the kingdom of Israel.  Most amazing is the love of Jonathan and David.  Both being aware of who they were in the kingdom's/man's point of view and also in God's view.  Neither was jealous of the other's position. It truly was love born of God.  David was faithful and not traitorous.  David knew God's timing was best.  

[Krissi]

David was anointed by Samual when he was a boy shepherd as recorded in 1 Samual 16.  The biblical narrative does not tell us how old he was but we can guess that he was old enough to be responsible as a shepherd ... maybe about 12 years of age?  

So, he was anointed around age 12. Then, he became king at Hebron, according to Pastor Ralph's chronology, at age 30. At age 37 he was crowned king of Israel. It wasn't until he was 47 that the kingdom was fully established.  Thus, he waited until from age 12 to 47 to be fully king, or 35 years. OR, looking at it differently, he waited from age 12 to age 30 for his first kingship at Hebron, about 18 years. 

What matters is that it was a long time. Joseph. too, waited a long time. Abraham never got to see the full promise. Waiting for the promise to be fulfilled is a theme in the bible. It can be a form of suffering and suffering is the way God molds us into His son's image.

David suffered for many years, battling and living in caves. He cried out often for relief but I don't know if he specifically asked God to hurry up and make him king.

I pray that God would answer my prayers. I don't know if I have specific promises concerning my life -- if I do, I'm not confident about them. The commonly held idea that Christians can take biblical verses from another time and place and interpret them as binding promises in which God will repeat what He had done in the past, well, this strikes me as a shaky hermeneutical principle. But that's what promises are. Though there are few promises in the bible of a timeless nature, most are directed to a particular people or person and therefore historically conditioned. Still, we cling to them as promises for ourselves and wait for their fulfillment. I do this, too. I cling to the promise in Jeremiah that God has a plan that is good, to prosper and not harm, for hope and a future, and yet, I know that that promise wasn't given to me, but to someone else long ago. 

Right now, I'm not prospering and feel very little hope for the future. The promise-verse in Jeremiah, then, hasn't bee proven true in my life, so perhaps it was never a promise? It is difficult to be patient about the fulfillment of a promise when I'm not fully convinced I've been promised anything. As time passes, my promises are reduced to hopes.  A hope is merely a desire which may or may not come to fruition or a prayer yet to be answered. A hope is based on God's character, not His specific revelation, and as such, it not as firm as personally directive words. We do not fully know God.

I have three huge, somewhat generic prayers for which I've been waiting for an answer for many years. As I get older, like Sarah waiting for a child, it's less reasonable for me to believe these prayers will be answered. Still, I hope.

Do I believe that I've been promised a specific answer to these prayers? I did believe this, but now I'm wavering because it has been too long. The slog has been too hard. God did NOT answer these prayers, so I feel I must have misinterpreted what was promised. Still, I hope. 

I also hope for a specific promise, for God to speak clearly to me about certain things in the future, that the wait will end with a sort of resolution, an answered prayer. I'll only know He has promised me retrospectively when a prayer is answered. Then, I'll look back, see the places in my prayer-notes in which I prayed for this specifically, and realized that His vague response was really a promise. What I want from God is a promise BEFORE it's fulfillment, that is, the confidence that whatever God has spoken to me, His specific promise, will be fulfilled.

 

[Nicolaas A.P. Mostert]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5)

Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David.) 

It has been at least 15 years since David has been anointed by Samuel.

Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long?

David was always on the run and he constantly seek GOD's face to guide him. When the time was right "Finally, it is time for God's plan for David to be king to come to pass."

How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king?

Exceptional good, David didn't even chase the day for his kingship. He left everything even timing in GOD's hands. 

How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you?

Yes sometimes short of patience but then relies GOD's time is not my time and that GOD's time is always perfect.

[LadyT]

Q2. (2 Samuel 5:1-5) Approximately how long has it been since David had been anointed king by Samuel? (See Appendix 4. Chronology of the Life of David.) About 15 years

Why did the fulfillment of God's word take so long? Other things were set in place and David grew and learned in that time. His relationship with God also grew.

How would you evaluate David's patience concerning this prophecy that he would be king? I mainly see that he trusted in God's Word. He didn't complain (at least per the written account, notwithstanding the psalms). He just trusted.

How would you measure your own patience concerning what you believe God has promised you? I'm impatient. The longer it takes for something, the more time my worries creep in and I'm tempted to take matters into my own hands. It doesn't work out when I do that. Also, I don't have any beliefs that God has promised me anything. I've recently reentered the fold and am working on hearing His voice. In the meantime, I'm coming up against my usual block of "does He have anything for me?" "Does He actually consider me His child?" Etc.