In 2nd Samuel 3:17-21 we are told of Abner’s words to David and they should have provided a conviction in his heart for his lack of action to the prophetic word he quotes to Israel. Abner, after striking a deal with David, goes back to Israel and tells them, “In times past you wanted David; now is your opportunity; now then go and do it.” Abner and twenty of them, no doubt, the leaders of the other tribes, come to David to see what he thinks of the idea, and he throws them a feast, and a deal must have been struck as Abner leaves to go tell the rest of Israel.
Now it is an interesting fact that this word came from Abner to Israel instead of from David to Israel, even though he was the king. Furthermore, we know that even though this word came from Abner to Israel and a deal was struck, David would not reign over Israel until several years later. Simply put, what man orchestrated, God did not honor until they were no longer forced but rather submitted freely. So based upon the delay in making David their king, it illustrates the weakness in proclaiming truth to others is always found in not living by it ourselves!
Yet with that said saint, this is a good word for you and me to reunite with the “Son of David,” not by coercion but rather out of His love for us. I think that we Christians need to regularly revive our relationship with the Lord; you know, quit making excuses and procrastinating and re-submit to God.
We want to see the Lord move in the hearts of the unsaved, but we fail to realize that He must first move in the hearts of the saved. In fact, you won’t see a move in the hearts of the unsaved until we follow the council of 1 Chron. 7:14, as we are told that if we who are “called by My name will humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”