When King David was near death, his second son Adonijah decided he wanted to be king. This happened in 1 Kings 1. The Lord wanted Solomon to be king after David but that didn't stop Adonijah from trying to become king anyway. He got a couple of high officials to go along as well as the king's sons.
He was wrong and when David found out he immediately anointed Solomon king. Adonijah got the word and feared he would be killed but Solomon said "if he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth." (1:52)
However, Adonijah was not worthy and just as soon as he could he asked a favor of Solomon's mother to have David's servant Abishag given as his wife. This was tantamount to claiming the kingship and Solomon had Adonijah put to death.
Sometimes we want something so badly that we will do anything - anything to get it. God may have appointed Solomon to be king but didn't stop Adonijah. God may have said "no" to something but we as humans are fully capable of sometimes making our own thing work even if God isn't in it.
We can get some people around us who believe in what we want to do but in the end it won't succeed. Maybe Adonijah thought that if he worked hard enough that God would just shrug his shoulders and say "well, Adonijah is already doing it, so we'll just go with that." It doesn't work that way.
No matter how hard you want something, make sure (to the best of your ability) that God is in it before you push it forward.
Pastor Tom
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