Nail Holes And Scars

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. — Samuel 22:1-2

If you can find out what God has said according to the scriptures, you have seen the future, stood in the future and therefore you can prophesy the future: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). If you want to see how God is going to close out the church age—the times of the Gentiles, look and see how he started it and you will clearly see the end. When Jesus Christ the Son of David, baptized his church on the day of Pentecost, he was fulfilling Amos 9:11: “In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old.” This great house has been under construction some two thousand years and is hastening completion! Jesus the lowly carpenter from Nazareth, the author and finisher of this Holy temple, is gathering in the final harvest that his house might be filled!

In this final hour multitudes are being gathered unto the Son of David—those that are in debt, distress and discontentment. This motley group of soon to be mighty men of God,does not look like much to the trained eye of “American Idol” talent scouts. In fact the men that came to David are one and the same with the ones rejected by Saul: “He will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work” (1 Samuel 8:16). These men were not the finest: They did not make "the cut" with Saul's army. Saul did not give them a second thought as they left him to join David; in his eye they were just a bunch of "discontents." He discounted them because he failed to see what God saw. He saw outcasts; God saw representatives of the last day harvest: “Bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind” (Luke 14:21). In this you must see that whereas we come to Jesus lost and undone, we never stay that way. The house of the Lord is full of the presence of Jesus: The poor and maimed become mighty men of God!

The Lord once showed me this church in my minds eye. I saw a pile of salvaged building materials like you would see at a construction site for a new house. In this pile was used up bricks, blocks, and boards with scars and nail holes. The Lord said, “This is what I build my church with.” You may be reading this and anyone that passes by your situation can clearly see that you are used up, scarred up, and full of nail holes. The world sees this “pile” of wasted humanity and marks it for the garbage heap—so much more for the landfill. Jesus passes by and marks you for his kingdom saying, “Come and follow me: I will turn your world right side up.” The truth is, the very cornerstone of the church has nail holes and scars.