It is good for me, that I have been afflicted

Psalms 119:71

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”

David is anointed to be king.

But the anointing did not directly send him to the throne.

It sent him on the run for his life.

I’m sure he questioned the Lord, why would he anoint him, and then allow him to seemingly waste it? Why would he call him to do something and then allow him to be hunted?

Why would he allow Saul to remain on the throne, when he had called David and anointed him?

Had David not walked through such a dark time, how many Psalms would’ve went unwritten?

What Psalm that comforts your soul, would you have never been able to read?

Had David’s anointing led to immediate ascension to the throne, it would’ve affected countless thousands of us for all eternity, because there would be so many Psalms that were not written.

Sometimes the anointing is more about the Psalms than it is the throne.

Sometimes anointing doesn’t equal ascension.

Sometimes it equals affliction.

But there is good, even in affliction.

David learned the most about the Lord through affliction, because of his anointing.

And we are constantly learning about the Lord, and being encouraged, because of the affliction of David and the songs that came from that.

David’s anointing still affects us.

He didn’t know the far reaching impact of his anointing that day. He simply thought he would be king. He didn’t know the dark days he would soon walk through.

And you may not either.

You may not understand why you are facing the things you are. You may not understand why the Lord has chosen this road for you.

Your affliction isn’t just about you.

It’s about the generations to come.

Someone needs to know you made it.

Someone needs your song from the darkness.

Sometimes anointing doesn’t equal ascension.

Sometimes it’s affliction.

But there is good, even in affliction.

Stay the course.