Have you made a covenant? Have you prayed over someone? Have you been part of an anointing? Have you thought about laying hands on, praying over, and anointing leaders? Do you wonder how that might impact their leading of your organization?
We don’t talk much about covenants today. However, we do talk about promises, commitments, and oaths. Those are very similar to a covenant. It just depends on how seriously the person making them takes them. Often our leaders take an oath of office.
King David made a covenant with the elders, or leaders, of Israel. We are not told what the covenant language was, but we can be sure it was serious and likely included a commitment to rule judiciously over the nation of Israel. The covenant was made before God, which meant it would have been taken seriously. The elders anointed David, which would have included both a prayer and a blessing.
Imagine how that type of ceremony might impact our leaders today. It would be even more impactful if our leaders were truly doing their best to follow God’s commands. We know from elsewhere in Scripture that David was doing his best to follow God’s commands. He often went to God in prayer to ask for his guidance. True, David made his mistakes. Yet, he sought God’s guidance and approval. How much did his covenant encourage him to seek God?
We can also seek God’s guidance in prayer. When we have given our heart to him, seek to know what he wants us to do with our heart, God will provide his guidance. His direction for our lives is not always what we would choose. Yet, when we follow his guidance, just as David did, we find ourselves in a much better place than we can imagine and achieve on our own.
I pray we all desire to follow God’s guidance. I pray we desire to obey God’s commands. I pray each one of us will spend time in prayer, asking God to show us his will for our lives, and follow him. Seek God’s guidance. Follow God’s guidance. Obey God’s command. Spend time in prayer.
2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
Marty Pressey 