Whenever a story is happening it is very challenging to see what God is doing. But once a story has been written, the signature of God is clearly visible. We live out our story everyday and the day to day can give the impression nothing is happening, no significant story is being written. But just like looking at one frame of a movie strip, what is going to be displayed is not the one frame, not the one moment of the story. The big picture, the whole narrative and when it is seen, when it is heard, will make sense to the moments that seemed insignificant at that time.

In 1 Samuel 22 there is a blip on the timeline of David’s story that taken just in these two verses makes little sense, “David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.” Here is a man who was anointed as the next king of Israel, in a cave and 400 men who are in distress, debt and bitterness of soul gather to him. This is not highlight reel material at the moment.

The joy of this moment in David’s life is that it is just a moment. A king in a cave took the men God gathered to him and made them into an elite company of warriors. In the moment of their arrival, it did not make sense for it was only one frame of a whole script. But once the movie played on the big screen, this moment carried great significance.

I do not know what frame you are seeing in your story today, but know that God has given you His Holy Spirit and you are only in a frame, which may not make sense right now, but when the movie plays it will make total sense. Whether you are David, an anointed one, who has been placed among distressed, in debt, bitter ones or you are one of the ones who has been placed with David. Fear not, it is only a frame in a whole storyline.

God has gathered people together in a frame for He is writing a story for the whole world to hear and you are in the story. Your frame may not make sense right now, but the story is going to be epic and the producer, God, knows what role you are playing even if you can’t see its significance as of yet.