Part 3, 2026 The Year Of Our Lord
Part 3, 2026, The Year Of Our Lord
Tuesday January 20, 2026
The right heart posture in 2026 is one marked by “trust and humility” in other words, “humble faith.”
This year must be marked by the humility that says, I do not know. Lord teach me. And when God speaks, after, and only after God speaks, will faith rise up and run with the vision.
Habakkuk 2:1-4 NLT
I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the LORD says and how he will answer my complaint. [2] Then the LORD said to me, "Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. [3] This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. [4] "Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
David was always blessed when he prayed prayers of enquiry.
God often said, “Yes,” but sometimes God said, “No.” Regardless, David was blessed.
David faced the same problem twice. God gave him a different strategy each time.
2 Samuel 5:17-25 NLT
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. [18] The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. [19] So David asked the LORD, "Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD replied to David, "Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you." [20] So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. "The LORD did it!" David exclaimed. "He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!" So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means "the Lord who bursts through"). [21] The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them. [22] But after a while the Philistines returned and again spread out across the valley of Rephaim. [23] And again David asked the LORD what to do. "Do not attack them straight on," the LORD replied. "Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees. [24] When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the LORD is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army." [25] So David did what the LORD commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Another example of God’s “Yes” to David.
1 Samuel 30:8 NKJV
So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all."
An example of God’s “No” to David.
1 Chronicles 22:6-10 ESV (See also 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17)
Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. [7] David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. [8] But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth. [9] Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. [10] He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.'
If God does not have the right to say “No” to you, is He really God?
If you are not willing to accept “No” from God, is He really your Lord?
This is a year to praise and not to complain.
Whatever surprises the Lord has for us this year, (and there will be many,) we
must respond in praise and thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
If we are to adopt a theme song for 2026, it might as well be,
“It Is Well”
When peace like a river, attendeth my way.
When sorrow like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
“It is well, it is well, with my soul.”
Acts 5:41 ESV
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
The days of throwing a tantrum because we didn't get our way, or of being mad at God because He did not grant our requests are over. Puerile temperamental outbursts will not be welcome this year.
Again, David should serve as a worthy example of the right response when God says “No.”
2 Samuel 12:13-25 NLT
Then David confessed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin. [14] Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD by doing this, your child will die." [15] After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah's wife. [16] David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. [17] The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused. [18] Then on the seventh day the child died. David's advisers were afraid to tell him. "He wouldn't listen to reason while the child was ill," they said. "What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?" [19] When David saw them whispering, he realized what had happened. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead." [20] Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions, and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate. [21] His advisers were amazed. "We don't understand you," they told him. "While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again." [22] David replied, "I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, 'Perhaps the LORD will be gracious to me and let the child live.' [23] But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me." [24] Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. The LORD loved the child [25] and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means "beloved of the LORD"), as the LORD had commanded.
