It Is Time To Be Discontented

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. —1 Samuel 22:1-2

Without sound of hammer,unperceived by the world or the church of Saul, and
without any self promoting press release, the greatest move of God known to man is taking place. This move is one of construction: “And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building” (1Kings 6:7). These “stones made ready” are one and the same with all who came to David at the cave of Adullam as they were gathered unto him.

This is a supernatural move of the Holy Ghost that is originating in heaven: There may not be a sound heard here, but in heaven there is great rejoicing heard over each “stone” that repents! These stones that Jesus, the Son of David, is using to build his house with are living stones: “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5). These living stones are those that have been entirely overlooked and labeled useless by the world: “Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned” (Nehemiah 4:2)?

The one great characteristic that marks these discontents is this: The Word of God is the only authority that they trust—they have been burned too many times by the “sleight of men.” These men have one burning and one all consuming desire: They must crown Jesus Christ the Living Word, King of the church! This is happening now in the hearts of those marked by the Spirit of God in order to fulfill that which is written in the book of 1 Chronicles 12:38, “All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.” These men are those that could no longer abide the foolishness of Saul's agenda.

The major “un-ecumenical” disposition that the true church has with the “Church of Saul” is this: He was not the King the scriptures had foretold! From the beginning when God drew up the blueprint for this house with Abraham, it was promised in Genesis 17:6: “I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.” It is made clear in Genesis 49:10 that the King would come from the tribe of Judah: “ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”

David and Jesus clearly came from the tribe of Judah; Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. The discontentment of all those who are leaving the church of the flesh and coming to the church grounded in the truth of the scriptures is well placed. In fact, this growing dissatisfaction with man made doctrines and “manufactured moves of the spirit” is placed there by the Holy Ghost. It is time to be discontented.