King David: Carrier of Another Reality

King David often gets a bad rap! Although it was Isaiah who said, “Woe is me. I am undone” and Paul who said “I am the chief of sinners,” certainly David could have uttered those same words and every student of David’s life would have understood. Yet he does cry, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Isaiah 51:5).

It wasn’t until recently that I began to understand David’s plight. As believers, we are “carriers of the eternal” and “stewards of another reality” because we carry the glory of God! David’s plight was a little different, for He was literally carrying the seed of Messiah in his loins. Messiah Yeshua would come forth through his lineage. Not only was he carrying the Messiah, but the Messiah would be called the “Son of David.”

NO WONDER THE ENEMY POUNDED HIM SO BADLY. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES:

• He was overlooked by his father (I Samuel 16:11);
• Bullied by his oldest brother (I Samuel 17:28);
• Betrayed by King Saul whom he loved and ministered to (I Samuel 17:1-19);
• Given the King’s David Michal only to ensnare him (I Samuel 18:20-27)
• King Saul with all of his army sought to kill him (I Samuel 19:1; 19:9-10; 23:7);
• David had to act insane so that He is not killed by the King of Gath (I Samuel 21:12-15);
• He lived in caves and desert strongholds, running for his life (1 Samuel 22:1; 23:14);
• He took refuge in foreign countries (I Samuel 27:7).
• Even when David had the opportunity to kill King Saul, he does not (I Samuel 24).
• He is betrayed by his son Absalom who not only sought to take his Kingdom, but to kill him as well (2 Samuel 15).
• His practically sentences Uriah to death so he can have Uriah’s wife Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11);

All of this and so much more occurred in David’s life. Why? Because He was the CARRIER OF ANOTHER REALITY! In His loins he stewarded THE KINGDOM OF GOD! The enemy pulled every stop to discredit him, malign his witness, and destroy his life. But what ultimately mattered was God’s estimation of David and the man God had called him to be:

“He raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.’ (Acts 13:22)

David paid a high price to be the CARRIER OF THE ETERNAL. So when the enemy starts pounding you, know that you carry another reality inside the Temple that is your body and God says you’re victorious AND an overcomer! God bless you, Steward of another reality!