1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,840 All right, let's go ahead and start our Bible study here this evening. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,560 If you have your Bibles, turn with me to First Samuel, chapter 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:06,960 16. 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:09,760 First Samuel 16. 5 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,000 And we've been studying through First Samuel now for quite 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:13,360 some time. 7 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,079 And one of the things that we've seen for the last few weeks 8 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,120 has been a study on the dangers of pride. 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,120 And we've looked at the life of Saul, and we've seen his pride 10 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:24,680 get the best of him. 11 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,720 We've seen his pride control him. 12 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,000 And certainly we see the same principle in the New Testament when 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,040 the Bible says that God resists the proud but gives grace 14 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:33,800 to the humble. 15 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:39,080 And so certainly Saul, as all of us do, need God's grace. 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,000 We're in desperate need of God's grace. 17 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:44,480 But Saul did not respond in a sense of humility. 18 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:48,320 He did not respond in a sense of repentance, but he responded in 19 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,400 a sense of pride and an obstinate heart, a hard heart against 20 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:52,640 the things of God. 21 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:53,920 And if you saw his. 22 00:00:54,070 --> 00:00:57,950 His spiral downward, we saw that his heart eventually got to 23 00:00:57,950 --> 00:01:01,030 a place where he was celebrating his own fleshly, sinful 24 00:01:01,030 --> 00:01:01,590 actions. 25 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:04,910 You remember, God called him to wipe out the Amalekites, and he 26 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:07,030 didn't wipe them all out completely, but he was. 27 00:01:07,270 --> 00:01:10,630 He was in his heart, secure in the fact that he did the right thing. 28 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:14,150 But what happened is, is that his heart of wickedness caused him 29 00:01:14,150 --> 00:01:15,990 to have a heart of deceit. 30 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:17,190 He deceived himself. 31 00:01:17,590 --> 00:01:22,880 And so in that case, we know that God judges Saul by taking the 32 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,880 throne away from him, by not allowing him to be the king forever 33 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,000 and not allowing his children to be the king. 34 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:33,920 But we know that earlier on that God told Saul through Samuel 35 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,640 that he would have a king that would be a man after his own heart. 36 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,640 And that's what we're going to see here in First Samuel, chapter 37 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:40,920 16. 38 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,600 God is going to select through Samuel the new king. 39 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,720 And this will be a king after God's own heart. 40 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,490 Though he's not a perfect king, he will be a king that desires 41 00:01:51,490 --> 00:01:53,530 to have that relationship with God. 42 00:01:53,930 --> 00:01:55,290 And we know that right away. 43 00:01:55,290 --> 00:01:57,610 Saul doesn't just get kicked out of the throne. 44 00:01:57,610 --> 00:02:00,330 He stays there, and he holds on to it for a very long time. 45 00:02:00,570 --> 00:02:03,450 And we know that David doesn't just come right on the scene and 46 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:06,530 become king, even though he's promised in this chapter that he 47 00:02:06,530 --> 00:02:07,450 will be king. 48 00:02:08,170 --> 00:02:11,490 So one of the challenges of going through passages of Scripture 49 00:02:11,490 --> 00:02:14,450 that we're all really familiar with is that we just gloss right 50 00:02:14,450 --> 00:02:16,730 over the meaning behind much of the text. 51 00:02:17,190 --> 00:02:19,670 Sometimes we know the story, and we just move right through it. 52 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:23,190 But I would challenge us all as we go through these next few chapters 53 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:26,710 to really dig in and see the spiritual lessons that we can gain 54 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:28,830 from studying these very familiar stories. 55 00:02:28,830 --> 00:02:30,790 And they're familiar, familiar stories for a reason. 56 00:02:31,190 --> 00:02:34,390 These stories are familiar because of the simple fact that there 57 00:02:34,390 --> 00:02:37,150 are some great amazing truths here in these passages. 58 00:02:37,150 --> 00:02:41,470 So let's look at First Samuel, Chapter 16, and we will go verse 59 00:02:41,470 --> 00:02:45,250 by verse through this, and hopefully you will be able to see 60 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:47,410 some things here that we can apply to our own lives. 61 00:02:47,490 --> 00:02:48,810 So first Samuel, chapter 16. 62 00:02:48,810 --> 00:02:52,530 It says, and the Lord said unto Samuel, how long wilt thou mourn 63 00:02:52,530 --> 00:02:53,050 for Saul? 64 00:02:53,050 --> 00:02:56,250 Now we'll stop there, because that's where we left off in chapter 65 00:02:56,250 --> 00:02:56,570 15. 66 00:02:56,570 --> 00:02:59,810 If you remember, Saul's rebellion led Samuel to mourning. 67 00:02:59,810 --> 00:03:03,210 And really, it should break our hearts when people turn their 68 00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:04,210 backs against the Lord. 69 00:03:04,210 --> 00:03:07,490 It should break our hearts when we see someone who has so much 70 00:03:07,490 --> 00:03:10,850 potential, but because of their pride, because of their sin, 71 00:03:11,340 --> 00:03:13,540 they do not allow God to work in their life. 72 00:03:13,540 --> 00:03:15,500 And that would certainly be the case for Saul. 73 00:03:15,740 --> 00:03:18,500 So Samuel had so much invested into Saul. 74 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:21,940 If you think about how much Samuel had invested into the life 75 00:03:21,940 --> 00:03:25,540 of Saul when it came to his prayer, when it came to his anointing, 76 00:03:25,540 --> 00:03:27,499 when it came to even his counsel. 77 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:31,500 And there might be individuals in our life that we have invested 78 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:35,620 into, that we've prayed for, that we've served, that we've sacrificed 79 00:03:35,620 --> 00:03:35,820 for. 80 00:03:35,820 --> 00:03:42,780 But yet at the same time, not always does our work produce fruit. 81 00:03:42,940 --> 00:03:47,020 Sometimes we serve people, we sacrifice for people, we invest in 82 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:49,260 them, we pray for them, and sometimes they still turn their back 83 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:52,700 against us, and more importantly, the Lord. 84 00:03:53,020 --> 00:03:53,900 And so what do we do? 85 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,220 Well, there is a time for mourning. 86 00:03:55,220 --> 00:03:58,300 The Bible says that there is always a time for mourning, but also 87 00:03:58,300 --> 00:03:59,900 there is a time for moving on. 88 00:04:00,380 --> 00:04:03,860 If Samuel would have just stayed in that mournful state, if 89 00:04:03,860 --> 00:04:07,180 he would have just stayed and that heart of brokenness, he would 90 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:09,780 not be able to do the next steps that he's called to do when 91 00:04:09,780 --> 00:04:11,580 it comes to anointing the new king. 92 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:15,820 And so there is that measure of discernment that we all must have 93 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:19,020 when it comes to that measure of how much we're supposed to mourn 94 00:04:19,180 --> 00:04:21,499 and how much we're supposed to just move on. 95 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:24,220 And I know that's a difficult thing for all of us to have the answers 96 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:25,660 for, and it's different for everybody. 97 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:29,580 But for this case, we see that God directly speaks to Samuel and 98 00:04:29,660 --> 00:04:32,860 asked him, how long wilt thou mourn for Saul? 99 00:04:33,530 --> 00:04:37,530 So this is basically him telling Samuel it's time to move 100 00:04:37,530 --> 00:04:37,850 on. 101 00:04:37,930 --> 00:04:40,370 And when God tells us it's time to move on, it doesn't mean 102 00:04:40,370 --> 00:04:42,330 that we forget about what's happened in the past. 103 00:04:42,570 --> 00:04:44,570 It doesn't mean that we write people off. 104 00:04:44,650 --> 00:04:48,090 But what it does mean is that we don't want other people's rebellion 105 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:51,370 to hold us back from what God has called us to do in obedience. 106 00:04:51,770 --> 00:04:55,450 And so here in verse number one, that question is asked to Samuel, 107 00:04:55,450 --> 00:04:56,810 how long are you going to wait? 108 00:04:57,450 --> 00:05:01,410 He says, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel. 109 00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:03,930 So basically what God is telling Samuel is this. 110 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:05,640 I'm telling you to move on. 111 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,000 I have a plan. 112 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,040 Follow my plan. 113 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,440 And that's really the difference between passiveness and 114 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:11,960 patience. 115 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,840 Passiveness is me waiting back and not doing something that God 116 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:17,080 has called me to do. 117 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,440 Patience is me waiting for God to tell me to move. 118 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,120 And when he tells me to move, I move. 119 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,520 And so oftentimes we can sit back, think that, thinking that we're 120 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,320 really patient, but it's not patience. 121 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,960 When God calls us to do something and we don't do it, that's 122 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:31,410 passiveness, and that's a sin. 123 00:05:31,650 --> 00:05:35,970 And so here Samuel is challenged by God to take the step 124 00:05:35,970 --> 00:05:39,490 of moving on by basically saying, I've rejected Saul as king. 125 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:42,290 You should reject Saul as king and move on and obey me. 126 00:05:42,530 --> 00:05:43,930 So he gives him instructions. 127 00:05:43,930 --> 00:05:47,170 And when God calls us to do something, he gives us clear instructions. 128 00:05:47,170 --> 00:05:48,890 And he's giving Samuel very clear instructions. 129 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:54,090 He says, fill thine horn with oil and go, and I will send thee 130 00:05:54,090 --> 00:05:58,220 to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me a king among his 131 00:05:58,220 --> 00:05:58,580 sons. 132 00:05:58,580 --> 00:06:03,180 Now all God tells him is that he needs to fill this horn with oil. 133 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:05,620 And we'll talk about the significance of that oil here in 134 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:06,100 a moment. 135 00:06:06,260 --> 00:06:11,780 He says, fill the horn with oil and go to a place called Bethlehem 136 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:15,620 and go to a man named Jesse, because one of his sons will be king. 137 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:17,540 Now, he doesn't tell him everything. 138 00:06:17,540 --> 00:06:19,140 He doesn't tell him which son yet. 139 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:22,060 And I think that's important to note that when God does call us 140 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:25,380 to do something in our lives, he might not tell us every detail, 141 00:06:25,380 --> 00:06:27,580 but he will tell us certain steps of the way. 142 00:06:27,580 --> 00:06:29,220 So he tells Samuel this much. 143 00:06:29,220 --> 00:06:30,260 Go to Bethlehem. 144 00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:31,380 Go to Jesse. 145 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:32,540 It's one of his sons. 146 00:06:32,540 --> 00:06:33,740 But he doesn't tell him which son yet. 147 00:06:33,740 --> 00:06:34,340 And we know that. 148 00:06:34,580 --> 00:06:36,300 And so he says, fill your horn with oil. 149 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:37,060 And that. 150 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:38,180 That obviously, for. 151 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:39,820 For Samuel meant something for us. 152 00:06:39,820 --> 00:06:43,820 It might not mean as much in our culture, but for Samuel, he would 153 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:46,620 have understand what this meant because he knew that God wanted 154 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:48,220 him to anoint someone else as king. 155 00:06:48,220 --> 00:06:51,260 And so by filling the horn with oil, that meant, hey, I'm ready 156 00:06:51,260 --> 00:06:53,100 to anoint a new king. 157 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:57,820 And so that's the idea here, that that anointing oil would be 158 00:06:57,820 --> 00:07:01,580 the identification of God's selection of a new king. 159 00:07:02,140 --> 00:07:05,460 And so God will allow us to sometimes understand certain steps 160 00:07:05,460 --> 00:07:06,860 of the way and what we're going to do. 161 00:07:06,940 --> 00:07:08,179 And that's what he does here. 162 00:07:08,179 --> 00:07:09,540 And he says, go to Jesse. 163 00:07:09,540 --> 00:07:11,740 Now, Jesse is an interesting character. 164 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:15,100 We know Jesse actually is related to a person that you might 165 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:16,140 know named Ruth. 166 00:07:16,460 --> 00:07:19,340 So Ruth and Boaz are Jesse's grandparents. 167 00:07:20,150 --> 00:07:24,270 Now, the Bible did say back in Root chapter four, that there would 168 00:07:24,270 --> 00:07:25,150 be a great blessing. 169 00:07:25,150 --> 00:07:28,150 He says that there would be this blessing to Ruth. 170 00:07:28,150 --> 00:07:28,950 And we. 171 00:07:29,030 --> 00:07:31,470 And if you just read Ruth on its own, you wouldn't know what that 172 00:07:31,470 --> 00:07:32,670 blessing completely would be. 173 00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:34,070 But we know the rest of the Bible. 174 00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:38,310 And we know that David comes from the line of Ruth, who was not 175 00:07:38,470 --> 00:07:39,430 an Israelite. 176 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:40,550 She was from another place. 177 00:07:40,790 --> 00:07:42,790 But God blessed her because of her faith. 178 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:46,030 And we know that David's a blessing because the king would come 179 00:07:46,030 --> 00:07:47,470 from Rahab's line. 180 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:50,590 But even in a greater sense, we know that Jesus, the Messiah comes 181 00:07:50,590 --> 00:07:51,630 from the line of David. 182 00:07:51,710 --> 00:07:56,870 And so we know that Ruth had this beautiful blessing from the 183 00:07:56,870 --> 00:07:57,550 Lord here. 184 00:07:57,710 --> 00:07:59,630 And this is the culmination of that. 185 00:07:59,950 --> 00:08:03,550 And obviously Samuel doesn't know all of these implications yet, 186 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:06,270 but he's going to find out here sooner or later. 187 00:08:06,270 --> 00:08:09,670 Now, right away, Samuel has some questions, and I think that 188 00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:11,550 all of us would have some questions. 189 00:08:11,870 --> 00:08:13,790 And again, I think we've talked about this quite a bit. 190 00:08:13,790 --> 00:08:16,900 It's one thing to ask God questions, it's another thing to 191 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:17,580 question God. 192 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:20,900 I think it's completely biblical to ask God questions for 193 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:23,820 clarity, for understanding, for comfort. 194 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:27,940 But also we do know that it would be a sin to question God and 195 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:28,700 his decisions. 196 00:08:28,860 --> 00:08:31,420 And so here Samuel says, how can I go? 197 00:08:31,980 --> 00:08:34,540 It's a question that maybe some of us might ask. 198 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:37,380 Well, you, you would say, why is he asking this question? 199 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:39,580 Well, if Saul hear it, he will kill me. 200 00:08:39,580 --> 00:08:42,240 So Samuel knows what's at stake. 201 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,720 By taking this risk of going and anointing another king, God is 202 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,520 calling him to do something very difficult here. 203 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,880 It's not like Saul's just going to say, oh, that's great, amazing, 204 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,080 you're anointing a new king. 205 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:52,960 Let's celebrate him. 206 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,000 No, Saul is going to fight tooth and nail to keep the line of 207 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,640 the throne in his Family name. 208 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,960 We're going to see that as we study first and second Samuel, that 209 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,600 there's going to be all of this push to stop David from being 210 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:06,080 king. 211 00:09:06,670 --> 00:09:10,750 And so what we see here is that God asked Samuel to do something 212 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:11,790 that is a risk. 213 00:09:12,590 --> 00:09:15,710 I want us to think just for a few moments about risking something 214 00:09:15,710 --> 00:09:16,430 for the Lord. 215 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:20,750 Now, when God calls us to do something outside of our comfort 216 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:22,990 zone, from our perspective, it's a risk. 217 00:09:23,310 --> 00:09:25,630 From our perspective, there's something at stake. 218 00:09:25,870 --> 00:09:29,630 If I get caught in this case, if I get caught from Saul, what's 219 00:09:29,630 --> 00:09:29,990 he going to do? 220 00:09:29,990 --> 00:09:30,830 He's going to kill me. 221 00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:34,510 He's not going to be okay with me anointing a new king. 222 00:09:35,690 --> 00:09:37,730 But from the other side of the coin, think about it. 223 00:09:37,730 --> 00:09:41,650 It's a risk for Samuel, but when God calls us to do something, 224 00:09:41,650 --> 00:09:42,970 it's never a risk for him. 225 00:09:42,970 --> 00:09:45,490 God doesn't risk anything because he knows the outcome. 226 00:09:45,490 --> 00:09:46,810 He's in complete control. 227 00:09:48,010 --> 00:09:52,490 So oftentimes when God calls us to do something that we deem dangerous 228 00:09:52,890 --> 00:09:56,610 or possibly risky, we might lose something. 229 00:09:56,610 --> 00:09:58,610 If God's calling us to do it, it's not a risk. 230 00:09:58,610 --> 00:10:00,490 It's a risk in trusting him. 231 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,440 But ultimately, when we trust him, there is going to be no failure. 232 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:04,760 And so Samuel asked this. 233 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:05,760 He says, how can I go? 234 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,400 Because if I go, Saul is going to kill me. 235 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:09,960 And what did the Lord say? 236 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,000 The Lord says, take a heer with thee and say, I'm come to sacrifice 237 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,640 to the Lord. 238 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,560 Now this is interesting. 239 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,440 Basically, God says, well, you don't have to tell anyone what you're 240 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:19,680 doing. 241 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:20,520 Just go. 242 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,840 And if anyone asks you, say you're making a sacrifice. 243 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,640 Now this isn't God telling Samuel to lie. 244 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,900 This is God explaining to Samuel to use discernment, to use 245 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:32,380 wisdom, and he's really going to make a sacrifice. 246 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:35,820 And ultimately we do know that there is going to be a sacrifice 247 00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:38,300 here, and we can understand Samuel's fear. 248 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:39,860 I could understand Samuel's fear. 249 00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:43,180 And there isn't any doubt in my mind that if Saul did find out 250 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:46,260 about this, there would be some major issues and he would consider 251 00:10:46,260 --> 00:10:49,540 it to be treason and he would put him to death. 252 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,900 But, you know, at the same time, we have to look at Samuel and 253 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:56,110 we have to see Samuel and go through that process of wrestling 254 00:10:56,110 --> 00:10:59,470 with God and coming to a crisis of belief moment and trusting 255 00:10:59,470 --> 00:10:59,910 in the Lord. 256 00:10:59,910 --> 00:11:02,790 And all of us, if we're going to do something for the Lord, have 257 00:11:02,790 --> 00:11:05,190 to come to that place in our life where we take that crisis of 258 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:07,070 belief and we act in Faith. 259 00:11:07,630 --> 00:11:09,870 All of us are going to be tested in our faith. 260 00:11:10,510 --> 00:11:13,950 If we are not being tested in our faith, we're not living in our 261 00:11:13,950 --> 00:11:14,350 faith. 262 00:11:14,350 --> 00:11:15,670 I'm just going to be honest with you. 263 00:11:15,670 --> 00:11:18,550 If you've never been tested in your faith, there's a good chance 264 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:21,760 that you haven't taken a step of faith, faith in the Lord. 265 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,360 Because what I would say is this. 266 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,880 If God is true to his word, which he always is, he says in the 267 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,800 New Testament, if we live for him, there will be some measure of 268 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:32,480 persecution. 269 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,120 There will be some level of trials and tribulations. 270 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,800 I, I saw this thing on the Internet recently, and they said, 271 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,520 if you think you're having a bad day, ask Job if it's bad. 272 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:42,480 All right? 273 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,280 So, you know, it's all in perspective. 274 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:45,200 It's all relative. 275 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,920 Sometimes in our life we think, wow, this is the greatest 276 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:48,240 risk. 277 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:50,300 We, we, we could never do this. 278 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:53,100 Because if this doesn't work out, I don't know what's going to 279 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:53,300 happen. 280 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,860 Think about all the other people that have trusted the Lord 281 00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:57,740 over the years and seen how it's worked for them. 282 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,580 And I think that that's going to give us the perspective to know 283 00:12:00,580 --> 00:12:02,820 that we all are going to have to come to a place in our life where 284 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:04,140 we have to take a step of faith. 285 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:07,260 And so was God telling Samuel to lie? 286 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:08,460 No, he's. 287 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:09,580 He's not telling him to lie. 288 00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:11,420 Everything that he tells him to do is true. 289 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:17,200 Samuel does offer a sacrifice, and it doesn't appear that God ever 290 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,320 is telling him, hey, lie. 291 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,040 But he is telling him to the certain extent of use, discernment, 292 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,080 be wise as a serpent, but harmless as a dove. 293 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,640 There is a level of being discerning in the truth that we divulge 294 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:28,640 to people around us. 295 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,880 And so the truth is that that whole situation that God is doing 296 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,000 is he's protecting Samuel so that he can do the work of the Lord. 297 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,650 And so he says in verse number three. 298 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:42,040 Three. 299 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:42,960 Okay? 300 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,200 So he says, tell them that there's going to be a sacrifice. 301 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,560 And then he says, and call Jesse to the sacrifice. 302 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,960 So he says, have the sacrifice set up. 303 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:50,880 Have Jesse come. 304 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,360 And he says, I will show thee what thou shalt do. 305 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,640 So this is the first step of faith. 306 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,600 He says, get to that point, and then I'll show you what to do. 307 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:06,040 I don't know for, for you, but for me, I don't like the unknown. 308 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:11,650 One of the worst things that I deal with in my life, in my own flesh 309 00:13:11,650 --> 00:13:15,970 is not knowing tomorrow, not knowing the answer, having to wait 310 00:13:15,970 --> 00:13:20,690 for Something, one of the least favorite things that I've ever 311 00:13:20,690 --> 00:13:23,370 have to do is like, if someone comes and tells me, hey, I have to 312 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:26,050 have a serious meeting with you, I have a lot of problems. 313 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:27,650 Let's meet in three weeks. 314 00:13:27,650 --> 00:13:30,170 And I'm like, no, please just tell me everything right now. 315 00:13:30,170 --> 00:13:32,690 Like, I'll stop, I'll cancel my schedule. 316 00:13:32,690 --> 00:13:34,850 I just want to get this resolved right now because I can't 317 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:36,140 deal with that waiting. 318 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:40,540 But sometimes God gives us that moment, or more than a moment, 319 00:13:40,540 --> 00:13:43,620 maybe a long amount of time where we don't know the certainty 320 00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:44,980 of what tomorrow is going to bring. 321 00:13:44,980 --> 00:13:47,460 And really to the truth of the matter is none of us know really 322 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,940 the circumstances of tomorrow. 323 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:53,100 And so in this case, he says, samuel, you must go. 324 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:56,020 Regardless of what Saul's going to do, regardless of anybody 325 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:58,140 else, you need to go and get to Jesse. 326 00:13:58,140 --> 00:13:59,980 And when you do that, then I will tell you. 327 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:05,050 So really, if he didn't go to that place of offering the sacrifice 328 00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:07,330 to Jesse, he would never know what the next step is. 329 00:14:07,490 --> 00:14:10,450 And for many people, they're not willing to take that first step 330 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:13,210 of trusting the Lord to that point, and they're not going to able 331 00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:16,090 to see that second step that God has called you to do, that next 332 00:14:16,090 --> 00:14:18,290 step, that, that furtherance of faith. 333 00:14:18,850 --> 00:14:20,290 And that's really what the Bible says. 334 00:14:20,290 --> 00:14:23,010 Faith is not just saying that we believe something. 335 00:14:23,410 --> 00:14:27,650 Faith is a belief in our hearts that is manifested, that is 336 00:14:27,650 --> 00:14:29,010 demonstrated through our action. 337 00:14:30,140 --> 00:14:30,540 It's this. 338 00:14:30,540 --> 00:14:32,700 It's, Lord, I believe so. 339 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:34,220 So the action isn't faith. 340 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:36,140 Faith is in our hearts. 341 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:38,140 Faith is what we stand on. 342 00:14:38,380 --> 00:14:42,140 But to prove that we have faith, there's got to be that action. 343 00:14:43,420 --> 00:14:44,700 You've heard me say this before. 344 00:14:44,860 --> 00:14:47,100 You know, I can say all day that I'm the greatest husband, that 345 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:49,580 I'm a greatest father, but it doesn't make me a good father or 346 00:14:49,580 --> 00:14:50,220 good husband. 347 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,780 What makes that is the action. 348 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:55,380 Now, it starts in my heart, but it moves in my action. 349 00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:57,100 So Samuel could have said, lord, I trust you. 350 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,600 I know you're going to give me the next step, but I'm. 351 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:00,680 I'm going to do it from here. 352 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:01,880 Well, that wouldn't work. 353 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,640 So him believing that God was going to give him the next word, 354 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,680 was him actually moving and doing this, which we see he does. 355 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,080 And so he says, I'm going to go and I'm going to tell you then. 356 00:15:13,319 --> 00:15:17,280 And he says, and thou shalt anoint unto him whom I name unto 357 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:17,560 thee. 358 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,560 Meaning God is going to give Samuel the name of the one who he 359 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,240 is going to anoint. 360 00:15:24,130 --> 00:15:28,690 And so the first king of Israel was anointed for the people. 361 00:15:28,690 --> 00:15:32,170 If you remember that, it was all about the people, who the people 362 00:15:32,170 --> 00:15:32,770 wanted. 363 00:15:32,930 --> 00:15:36,690 Ultimately, God allowed for it, but it was the king of the people. 364 00:15:37,410 --> 00:15:41,010 And now we're going to see that this is going to be a king of 365 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:44,850 God's choosing, which shows a completely different path. 366 00:15:44,850 --> 00:15:48,890 And ultimately we know that God works through this selection 367 00:15:48,890 --> 00:15:49,370 of David. 368 00:15:49,370 --> 00:15:50,770 And David is greatly blessed. 369 00:15:51,210 --> 00:15:52,490 And that's what's going to happen here. 370 00:15:52,490 --> 00:15:53,170 So verse 4. 371 00:15:53,170 --> 00:15:56,410 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake and came to Bethlehem. 372 00:15:56,410 --> 00:15:59,690 So this proves Samuel's obedience, and it proves Samuel's 373 00:15:59,690 --> 00:16:00,010 faith. 374 00:16:00,090 --> 00:16:02,090 Samuel goes to make the sacrifice. 375 00:16:02,730 --> 00:16:06,330 And so we know that Bethlehem was a small town. 376 00:16:06,730 --> 00:16:10,930 It wasn't very far from where the major city of Jerusalem was and 377 00:16:10,930 --> 00:16:12,170 still is to this day. 378 00:16:13,530 --> 00:16:15,730 You knew that Ruth and Boaz are from there. 379 00:16:15,730 --> 00:16:19,690 Ultimately, we know that Jesus is going to be born in Bethlehem, 380 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:24,370 but Bethlehem is a significant city there in Israel and still lives 381 00:16:24,370 --> 00:16:24,970 to this day. 382 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:27,250 And then he says, and he says he goes to Bethlehem. 383 00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:30,490 And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, saying, cometh 384 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,290 out peaceably. 385 00:16:31,770 --> 00:16:33,329 So this shows the other side of the coin. 386 00:16:33,329 --> 00:16:34,530 Samuel's coming to Bethlehem. 387 00:16:34,530 --> 00:16:37,290 And they're this little town, and they're like, what? 388 00:16:37,450 --> 00:16:39,330 What are you doing here, Samuel? 389 00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:39,930 What are you doing? 390 00:16:40,090 --> 00:16:42,410 Now remember, what was the last story? 391 00:16:42,410 --> 00:16:46,530 What did Samuel do in chapter 15 that might cause some people to 392 00:16:46,530 --> 00:16:47,050 panic? 393 00:16:47,130 --> 00:16:52,690 Well, if you remember, Samuel just got done killing the king, the 394 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:55,370 Amalekite King, Agag, with a sword in front of everybody. 395 00:16:55,690 --> 00:16:59,930 So right now, to many people's eyes, Samuel is the hand of God's 396 00:16:59,930 --> 00:17:02,250 justice upon the the people there. 397 00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:04,210 So think about yourself. 398 00:17:04,210 --> 00:17:07,410 If you're in Bethlehem and you saw Samuel coming your way, just 399 00:17:07,410 --> 00:17:11,880 fresh off of slain Agag, the king of the Amalekites, you might 400 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,000 be thinking, okay, is he going to do the same thing here? 401 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,560 And so they're afraid. 402 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,040 They think that God is coming to judge them. 403 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,560 They said, okay, Samuel is bringing his reputation with him. 404 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,760 And so they tremble and they ask, are you coming peaceably? 405 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:30,160 And he said, peaceably, I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord. 406 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:31,640 Sanctify yourself. 407 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,480 Set aside yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. 408 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,240 And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to sacrifice. 409 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,880 And so the idea was that, hey, Jesse, you and your sons are going 410 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,680 to come and we're going to have the sacrifice. 411 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,920 They would watch the sacrifice, they would share in the 412 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:48,440 worship. 413 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:53,360 And then at the end of that, Samuel is hoping and trusting in 414 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,200 the fact that God would reveal to him who he's going to anoint. 415 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,120 Verse number six. 416 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,520 And it came to pass, when they were calm, that he looked at Eliab 417 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,440 and said, surely the Lord's anointed is before him. 418 00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:12,270 And so we see that Samuel, like any of us would do, sees the 419 00:18:12,270 --> 00:18:16,670 Son and he looks at him and thinks, this is going to be the king. 420 00:18:16,910 --> 00:18:20,990 Evidently he had all the outward character traits of a king, 421 00:18:20,990 --> 00:18:22,110 just like Saul did. 422 00:18:22,429 --> 00:18:24,430 He looked like a good choice. 423 00:18:25,630 --> 00:18:26,350 Most likely. 424 00:18:26,430 --> 00:18:31,550 He saw a tall, handsome young man who looked like a good king. 425 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,920 And we see something really interesting here in verse number 426 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,520 seven, because to the eyes of Samuel, who was a. 427 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,480 Was a faithful man, Samuel was a man of faith. 428 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,160 Samuel was a man of obedience. 429 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,000 And so we're not gonna fault Samuel here by looking at this young 430 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,720 man, Eliab, and thinking, well, obviously he's the king. 431 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:51,560 It's just natural. 432 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,360 He will look at him and say, this is the king. 433 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:55,880 But God's gonna give him a lesson here that I think is so important, 434 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,660 and I think it's important and lesson for us because we often think 435 00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:03,860 that God can only use the ones that make sense, that look the part, 436 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,220 that have the experience, that are talented or. 437 00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:10,900 Or whatever we think makes a person used by God. 438 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,100 But we're going to see in verse seven, it says, but the Lord 439 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:18,580 said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance, don't look at what 440 00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:22,660 the outside looks like, or on the height of his stature. 441 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:24,340 Don't look at how tall he is. 442 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:25,260 Saul was tall. 443 00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:25,500 That. 444 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,140 That didn't equate to a good king. 445 00:19:27,220 --> 00:19:29,860 He says, don't look at his countenance, don't look at his height, 446 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:32,020 because I have refused him. 447 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:38,500 For the Lord seeth not as man seeth, for man looketh on the outward 448 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:40,980 appearance, but God looketh on the heart. 449 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:46,620 So Samuel did make a mistake in the fact that he looked at the 450 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:50,100 appearance of Laab and thinking he's the one, obviously, 451 00:19:50,460 --> 00:19:53,700 without even searching after the Lord's guidance and looking at 452 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:54,780 what the Lord sees. 453 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:58,580 And so we see that God says, no, it's not about what he looks 454 00:19:58,580 --> 00:19:59,260 like on the outside. 455 00:19:59,260 --> 00:20:00,860 It's not about how good looking it is. 456 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:01,300 He is. 457 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,860 It's not about how tall he is. 458 00:20:03,180 --> 00:20:04,900 He didn't have the heart of a king. 459 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:06,860 And remember, that's what God's looking at here. 460 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:12,420 God wanted the heart of a man who was after him, who desired his 461 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:17,090 will, who was willing, who was ready, who was moldable, who was 462 00:20:17,170 --> 00:20:19,010 ready to follow him. 463 00:20:19,650 --> 00:20:23,730 And so though Eliab Looked good, God refused him. 464 00:20:24,370 --> 00:20:26,850 And we see that verse number seven. 465 00:20:26,850 --> 00:20:28,490 God is stating a fact here. 466 00:20:28,490 --> 00:20:30,370 He says, I don't look on the outward appearance. 467 00:20:30,370 --> 00:20:31,570 I look at the hearts. 468 00:20:32,850 --> 00:20:36,490 But we also think of this as a challenge for us, maybe even in our 469 00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:40,130 own lives, though we can't see somebody's heart to not just act 470 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:44,620 on what we see in front of us right away, but to seek after someone's 471 00:20:44,620 --> 00:20:44,820 heart. 472 00:20:44,820 --> 00:20:48,100 Now, we can never see a man's heart, but we certainly, as the Bible 473 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:51,980 tells us, we can know what that man or woman's heart is by being 474 00:20:51,980 --> 00:20:54,620 around them and asking them questions and seeing what they love 475 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,820 and seeing what they do instead of just making a quick judgment 476 00:20:57,820 --> 00:21:00,700 call upon someone by saying, well, they must be godly because 477 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:01,540 they look this way. 478 00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:04,420 We have to be very cautious about that because if we went back 479 00:21:04,420 --> 00:21:08,460 to the time of Jesus, we would look at Jerusalem and we would look 480 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:11,670 at these different cities and where will we go for the most religious 481 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:11,910 people? 482 00:21:11,910 --> 00:21:13,310 We would go to the synagogue. 483 00:21:13,310 --> 00:21:15,670 And if we went to the synagogue, we would find Pharisees 484 00:21:15,670 --> 00:21:18,590 and we would find Sadducees and they would look religious. 485 00:21:18,590 --> 00:21:21,070 But we know what Jesus had to say about them because their heart 486 00:21:21,070 --> 00:21:22,030 was not in the right place. 487 00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:25,550 They had an exterior of religion, but the inside their heart 488 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:26,670 was not in the right place. 489 00:21:27,070 --> 00:21:30,190 And so I'm not saying that we don't look on the outward appearance, 490 00:21:30,190 --> 00:21:31,790 but we don't judge somebody. 491 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:35,150 And ultimately God doesn't judge somebody by the outward appearance. 492 00:21:35,150 --> 00:21:36,310 He looks upon the heart. 493 00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:39,630 Now, if the heart is in the right place, the outward will be 494 00:21:39,710 --> 00:21:40,110 there. 495 00:21:40,190 --> 00:21:42,510 But what we see is that the outward can be fake. 496 00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:47,190 I can put on a mask, I can put on an exterior, I can say certain 497 00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:48,430 things, I can persuade. 498 00:21:48,510 --> 00:21:51,110 And so what God says is, he says, I don't look at that, I look 499 00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:51,710 at the heart. 500 00:21:52,430 --> 00:21:56,630 And you know, oftentimes we're, we're thinking in many ways 501 00:21:56,630 --> 00:22:01,750 that somebody who is, what we would say maybe is, you know, they're 502 00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:05,770 intelligent or they're charismatic, or maybe they're good 503 00:22:05,770 --> 00:22:06,050 looking. 504 00:22:06,050 --> 00:22:08,970 And we say, well, obviously that person is going to be used by 505 00:22:08,970 --> 00:22:09,170 God. 506 00:22:09,170 --> 00:22:12,850 Look how many talents they have, look how much potential they 507 00:22:12,850 --> 00:22:13,050 have. 508 00:22:13,050 --> 00:22:15,450 But we saw the dangers of that with Saul, right? 509 00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:20,330 Look at how tall he is, look at how strong he is, look at how 510 00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:23,290 powerful he is, look at all these things. 511 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:25,770 But we know that Saul's problem was his heart was not in 512 00:22:25,770 --> 00:22:26,410 the right place. 513 00:22:27,130 --> 00:22:30,010 And so we see that, yes, man looks on the outward appearance. 514 00:22:30,010 --> 00:22:30,810 That's natural. 515 00:22:31,290 --> 00:22:32,650 But it's God who looks at the heart. 516 00:22:32,650 --> 00:22:37,050 So even the best of men will maybe even look at the outward appearance, 517 00:22:37,050 --> 00:22:38,930 but God looks on the heart. 518 00:22:38,930 --> 00:22:42,450 And so this is an exhortation for all of us to understand that 519 00:22:42,450 --> 00:22:45,530 it doesn't matter if I lack in certain areas. 520 00:22:45,610 --> 00:22:49,850 God can still use me if my heart is ready, if my heart is willing 521 00:22:49,930 --> 00:22:52,970 to grow closer to him and let him use me. 522 00:22:53,050 --> 00:22:54,970 Think about all the people that God used. 523 00:22:55,210 --> 00:22:58,450 Many times, God uses the one that's not the person that we would 524 00:22:58,450 --> 00:22:58,890 assume. 525 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,840 Sometimes God uses the person who we would consider to be the underdog, 526 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,880 that we would consider not to be the one that has the most potential. 527 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,800 If you go through the stories, I mean, he took out fishermen. 528 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,240 I mean, nowadays, maybe fishermen aren't even today. 529 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,320 Fishermen are still kind of rough, okay? 530 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,880 But think about Peter and the other fellows that were with them 531 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,240 there on the Sea of Galilee. 532 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,240 They were not the guys that everyone was lining up to to say, 533 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,980 when you must be the next rabbis, you must be the next. 534 00:23:27,050 --> 00:23:27,650 The next leaders. 535 00:23:27,650 --> 00:23:31,650 They were the ones working out in the Galilee waters and getting 536 00:23:31,650 --> 00:23:34,850 fish and probably stinking and doing all that kind of stuff that 537 00:23:34,850 --> 00:23:37,450 probably not the average person was interested in doing. 538 00:23:37,930 --> 00:23:40,090 But at the same time, God uses them. 539 00:23:40,410 --> 00:23:42,890 God uses those that have a heart ready for service. 540 00:23:42,970 --> 00:23:46,130 And so I often think about that and think about, you know, God 541 00:23:46,130 --> 00:23:48,050 could have chosen any of these brothers. 542 00:23:48,050 --> 00:23:50,450 But we know ultimately God chooses the one that has a heart 543 00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:51,610 ready for service. 544 00:23:52,250 --> 00:23:54,610 And so for us today, it's not about looking apart. 545 00:23:54,610 --> 00:23:57,560 It's not about having all the academic credentials. 546 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,640 It's not about having our. 547 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,960 Our outward appearance all put together. 548 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,120 It's about having a heart ready to be used by God and desiring 549 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,960 to be used by God and to know him in a greater, more personal way. 550 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,879 So we see verse number seven. 551 00:24:11,879 --> 00:24:15,840 God tells him it is I who look upon the heart, verse 8. 552 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,960 And Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. 553 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,240 And he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this. 554 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,680 And so all of you know this story, right? 555 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:28,760 All of the brothers are lined up in front of Samuel, probably from 556 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,160 the assumption that, well, here's the next best one, okay? 557 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,880 Not him, the next best one. 558 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,400 And so we see this happen multiple times. 559 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,120 We see it happen with Abinadab. 560 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,760 And no, the Lord has not chosen Abinadab. 561 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,240 Verse 9. 562 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,880 Then Jesse made Sham up to pass by. 563 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,680 And he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this. 564 00:24:47,090 --> 00:24:52,450 And again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. 565 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:57,530 So the way that I envision it in my mind is he starts with the 566 00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:59,970 best one and just starts working down the line. 567 00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:03,330 And Samuel says unto Jesse, lord, have not chosen these. 568 00:25:03,810 --> 00:25:06,690 So this is a confusing moment, probably for Samuel, because he's 569 00:25:06,690 --> 00:25:09,090 like, okay, Lord, you made me come here. 570 00:25:09,170 --> 00:25:10,530 You led me to this place. 571 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,610 Now it's not making sense to me. 572 00:25:13,230 --> 00:25:14,270 Like, I. I'm here. 573 00:25:14,510 --> 00:25:17,150 You've lined up these boys, and each one of them you're saying 574 00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:17,390 no. 575 00:25:17,390 --> 00:25:19,910 Are you just getting me all the way to Bethlehem to tell me that 576 00:25:19,910 --> 00:25:21,550 you've changed your mind, what's going on? 577 00:25:21,550 --> 00:25:23,150 And sometimes that's how it works with us. 578 00:25:23,150 --> 00:25:25,710 Sometimes God gets us to a place, and the way that we assume 579 00:25:25,710 --> 00:25:29,510 he's going to work does not work the way that he has planned 580 00:25:29,510 --> 00:25:29,950 in his. 581 00:25:29,950 --> 00:25:30,990 In his purpose for us. 582 00:25:30,990 --> 00:25:32,190 And so verse 11. 583 00:25:32,510 --> 00:25:34,350 And Samuel says to Jesse, are. 584 00:25:34,350 --> 00:25:34,870 Are these. 585 00:25:34,870 --> 00:25:36,430 All thy children are here? 586 00:25:36,430 --> 00:25:37,150 All thy children? 587 00:25:37,390 --> 00:25:40,470 And he said, there remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he 588 00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:41,190 keepeth the sheep. 589 00:25:41,190 --> 00:25:44,790 And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him, for we will not 590 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:46,270 sit down till he come hither. 591 00:25:47,150 --> 00:25:51,550 So obviously Samuel recognizes that this is probably the one because 592 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,550 of all the other ones haven't been selected. 593 00:25:53,630 --> 00:25:54,910 He's like, are there any others? 594 00:25:54,910 --> 00:25:56,990 And they go, yeah, there's one, but he's not even here. 595 00:25:57,070 --> 00:26:01,190 They didn't even consider David to be a candidate for being 596 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:01,590 king. 597 00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:05,630 Now there's a lot of debate on how old David is at this point in 598 00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:05,950 time. 599 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,600 Most likely he's very young, probably, you know, a young teenager, 600 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,520 if that, or maybe even younger, some think. 601 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,760 But nonetheless, we know that David is young here, and we know 602 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:18,960 that he's unassuming. 603 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,200 This shows that David had no regard within his family. 604 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,480 His father doesn't even mention him by name. 605 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,720 And we see that he wasn't even invited. 606 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,800 When he says, hey, Jesse, invite all of your sons. 607 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,160 He doesn't even invite David. 608 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:33,920 He's left out. 609 00:26:34,730 --> 00:26:37,450 Maybe because he was out shepherding or maybe just because 610 00:26:37,450 --> 00:26:38,650 they didn't give him any respect. 611 00:26:39,210 --> 00:26:44,010 But either way you look at it, there was an idea here that Samuel 612 00:26:44,010 --> 00:26:46,530 goes, well, you need to call him, because I'm pretty sure he's 613 00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:47,210 going to be the one. 614 00:26:47,850 --> 00:26:52,730 And so when we consider David as the youngest and we consider David 615 00:26:52,730 --> 00:26:54,010 is probably unassuming. 616 00:26:54,010 --> 00:26:55,130 He wasn't probably strong. 617 00:26:55,130 --> 00:26:56,010 He wasn't big. 618 00:26:56,570 --> 00:26:58,250 We see that, you know, it makes sense. 619 00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:59,410 Even in our society today. 620 00:26:59,410 --> 00:26:59,770 The. 621 00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:02,300 There's a lot of people that just kind of fly below the radar. 622 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:04,180 And that's exactly what's happening here with David. 623 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:05,300 But God's going to use him. 624 00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:09,300 So he Says, fetch him, bring him here, verse 12. 625 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:10,980 And he sent and brought him. 626 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:14,540 Now he was ruddy and with all of all beautiful countenance and 627 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:15,460 goodly to look to. 628 00:27:15,620 --> 00:27:19,060 And the Lord said, arise, anoint him, for this is he. 629 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:22,740 And so David is out keeping the sheep. 630 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:26,860 And we know that ultimately he's being faithful to what God has 631 00:27:26,860 --> 00:27:29,860 called him to do at that point in time by obedient to his father. 632 00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:33,140 And obviously we know later on that he learned a lot of lessons 633 00:27:33,540 --> 00:27:34,940 from his sheep keeping. 634 00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:39,100 And so he's out there doing a servant's job, but ultimately he's 635 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:41,820 obeying the Lord, which means that that's, that's the best thing 636 00:27:41,820 --> 00:27:42,540 you could ever do. 637 00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:44,420 And so David is going to be chosen. 638 00:27:44,420 --> 00:27:47,740 And we see somewhat of a physical description of David as 639 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:50,660 it says there that he has a ruddy complexion. 640 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:54,740 And there's a lot of different interpretations of that ruddy complexion. 641 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:59,140 Some interpretations of that would be fair or he had a fair complexion. 642 00:27:59,140 --> 00:28:02,060 Others would mean another interpretation of that would be that 643 00:28:02,060 --> 00:28:03,940 he had red hair and red cheeks. 644 00:28:05,220 --> 00:28:07,820 Again, there's a lot of interpretation there that we don't 645 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,020 want to get too caught up on. 646 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:12,820 But basically the Bible does say that he would be considered attractive. 647 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,140 He, he would have been good looking, as it says there. 648 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:18,940 And ultimately God says, okay, it's not about the outward appearance. 649 00:28:18,940 --> 00:28:20,940 We know it's his heart, but that's just a description of him. 650 00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:23,140 And so he tells Samuel to anoint him. 651 00:28:23,870 --> 00:28:26,070 And so David is anointed. 652 00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:27,150 He's chosen. 653 00:28:27,310 --> 00:28:33,070 And so by outward appearances, David was not qualified, but from 654 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:36,310 the inward qualification of his heart, he was qualified and God 655 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:37,070 selected him. 656 00:28:37,630 --> 00:28:41,070 And so we know what made David the right man. 657 00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:41,870 It was his heart. 658 00:28:41,950 --> 00:28:43,710 It was his desire for the Lord. 659 00:28:44,030 --> 00:28:45,270 So what makes me the right man? 660 00:28:45,270 --> 00:28:47,310 What makes you the right person for the Lord? 661 00:28:47,550 --> 00:28:49,820 Well, it's not about how a attractive we are. 662 00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:51,500 It's not about how many people follow us. 663 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:53,020 It's not about how hard we work. 664 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:56,660 What makes us qualified to be used by God is by having a heart 665 00:28:56,660 --> 00:28:59,820 ready for service, to have a humble heart of submission to him 666 00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:01,900 and saying, lord, whatever you want from me, I'll do. 667 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:04,380 Think about all the way back at the very beginning of the story 668 00:29:04,380 --> 00:29:08,220 of Samuel, right, Samuel was called and he thought it was Eli. 669 00:29:08,460 --> 00:29:11,220 And eventually he found out that it was God talking to him. 670 00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:13,220 And he says, lord, I'm ready, I'm listening. 671 00:29:13,220 --> 00:29:14,220 What do you want from me? 672 00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:17,790 And that's all what really God wants from us is just to be willing 673 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:20,230 and ready to do what he has for us in our life. 674 00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:22,550 I. I remember the day. 675 00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:23,550 It's. 676 00:29:23,550 --> 00:29:26,630 It's unique because there was multiple times in my life where I 677 00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:28,470 was like, lord, I want to work for you. 678 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:29,430 I want to serve you. 679 00:29:29,590 --> 00:29:31,430 But I wasn't ready to give him everything. 680 00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:34,470 I remember in high school, especially in. 681 00:29:34,470 --> 00:29:37,510 In Christian school, we had so many opportunities to have these 682 00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:40,230 speakers come in, and, And I think that most of them, their whole 683 00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:42,250 goal was to get us to commit our lives to. 684 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,240 To the ministry, which I think is a. 685 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,440 Is a valid cause. 686 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,400 I'm not saying that every single person is called to vocational 687 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,000 ministry. 688 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,440 That's certainly not the case. 689 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,120 But they would always come in and they'd be like, give your heart 690 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:54,600 to the Lord. 691 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:55,280 Give him everything. 692 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,239 And I remember going down front and saying, okay, Lord, I'll 693 00:29:58,239 --> 00:30:01,480 give you, like, some, but I really want to do some of my own 694 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:01,760 things. 695 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,080 You know, at the time, I wanted to be a professional baseball 696 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:04,360 player. 697 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,240 You know, that shows you how delusional I was. 698 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,880 And I was like, well, I'll be a professional baseball player then. 699 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,560 When I'm done and retired, then I'll serve you, Lord. 700 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,120 But let me just do what I need to do there. 701 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,200 Let me get accomplished what I need to get accomplished. 702 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,200 That's not submitting myself to the Lord. 703 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,720 And I remember the day that God really got a hold of my heart 704 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,200 and he had to break me to a point where I said, okay, Lord, wherever 705 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,560 you want me to go, whatever you want me to do, I'll do that. 706 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,200 And that's not an easy thing to say. 707 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,880 But it is in many ways a scary thing to say because you don't know 708 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:34,640 what the next step is. 709 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,680 But it's a blessed thing to say because ultimately it's a willing 710 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:38,800 heart to be used by God. 711 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,810 Now, God's not going to send everyone to the most dangerous places. 712 00:30:43,970 --> 00:30:44,810 I. I know that. 713 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:45,770 That was always my fear. 714 00:30:45,770 --> 00:30:48,450 Well, if I commit myself to the Lord, he's going to send me to, 715 00:30:48,610 --> 00:30:52,050 you know, a nation that they spear you as soon as you walk in 716 00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:53,130 for the cause of the gospel. 717 00:30:53,130 --> 00:30:54,930 And I'm like, I don't want to do that. 718 00:30:55,169 --> 00:30:56,530 I was scared to do that. 719 00:30:56,850 --> 00:30:59,810 And the reality is, is that sometimes God does call certain people 720 00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:01,250 to those dangerous situations. 721 00:31:01,490 --> 00:31:04,290 And oftentimes it's the people that said, I will never go there, 722 00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:04,650 Lord. 723 00:31:04,650 --> 00:31:05,410 Don't send me there. 724 00:31:05,410 --> 00:31:05,970 And that's. 725 00:31:06,430 --> 00:31:09,630 We had a fella at our old church that he says, lord, I want 726 00:31:09,630 --> 00:31:10,910 to be a missionary to you. 727 00:31:10,910 --> 00:31:11,230 For. 728 00:31:11,230 --> 00:31:11,790 For you. 729 00:31:12,350 --> 00:31:12,790 I want. 730 00:31:12,790 --> 00:31:16,190 I'll go anywhere except for like the heart of Africa that was 731 00:31:16,190 --> 00:31:17,190 always like, you know, growing up. 732 00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:19,430 That was like the heart of Africa, all the animals and stuff. 733 00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:21,790 You know, where he ended up becoming a missionary to. 734 00:31:21,949 --> 00:31:23,550 He actually went to Africa. 735 00:31:23,630 --> 00:31:27,670 Okay, he, he went, he went to the middle of Africa, Zambia, and 736 00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:28,830 then he went to South Africa. 737 00:31:29,070 --> 00:31:33,440 And, and so the idea would be that sometimes God does use unassuming 738 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,760 people for dangerous or risky things in our own perspective. 739 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,920 And David certainly has no idea what he's signing up for here. 740 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,480 And really he's not signing up. 741 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,400 God's selecting him and he's agreeing to it. 742 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,680 But David has no idea. 743 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,080 He just hears you're going to be king. 744 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,080 And does that mean he's going to be king tomorrow? 745 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:51,800 Does he have to wait? 746 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,840 No, we know that David has to wait a long time and he has to go 747 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,960 through a lot of trials and sometimes God's going to call you 748 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,260 to do something that it might not come to pass tomorrow. 749 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:03,340 He might say, hey, I want to use you here. 750 00:32:03,580 --> 00:32:06,780 And it might be a time of waiting, it might be a time of trial, 751 00:32:06,780 --> 00:32:10,100 it might be a place in our life where we actually feel like, 752 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:12,260 well, Lord, obviously you don't have me going here because 753 00:32:12,260 --> 00:32:13,820 there's trial after trial after trial. 754 00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:16,340 But what we're going to see with David is that God works through 755 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:19,340 those trials to build him into the king that he needs to be. 756 00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:22,060 And that's what we're seeing throughout this whole passage. 757 00:32:22,060 --> 00:32:26,380 And so verse number 13, then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed 758 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:27,500 him in the midst of the brethren. 759 00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:29,300 And, and this is the important part. 760 00:32:29,300 --> 00:32:32,380 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. 761 00:32:32,860 --> 00:32:34,780 So Samuel rose up and went to Rama. 762 00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:39,060 So what we're going to see in this passage of Scripture is that 763 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:41,420 the Spirit of the Lord comes upon David. 764 00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:47,060 And so that literal oil anointing is a picture of God coming 765 00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:50,860 upon the life of David and guiding him in the Holy Spirit. 766 00:32:51,580 --> 00:32:56,100 Now we as Christians are super blessed in the fact that when we 767 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,420 trust in the Lord as our Savior, that very thing happens to 768 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:01,100 us, that the Spirit of God comes and lives within us. 769 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:04,620 It's not just for a time, as many people in the Old Testament 770 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:07,780 got to experience, that God would come upon them and there would 771 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:10,220 be these moments of spirit filled action. 772 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:14,860 But we as Christians get the unique opportunity to have the Holy 773 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:16,540 Spirit living within us at all times. 774 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:21,060 And one might ask then, well, if we're all living with the Holy 775 00:33:21,060 --> 00:33:24,860 Spirit, why do we all not just act like David and act like Daniel? 776 00:33:24,860 --> 00:33:27,980 And act like all these people of great acclaim in Scripture. 777 00:33:27,980 --> 00:33:33,220 Because oftentimes the Bible says that we can be indwelled by 778 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:33,740 the Spirit. 779 00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:35,180 The Spirit lives within us. 780 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:39,180 But oftentimes, as Christians, we're not filled with the Holy Spirit. 781 00:33:39,340 --> 00:33:41,340 Being filled with the Holy Spirit is something different. 782 00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:44,100 Being filled with the Holy Spirit is that the Holy Spirit is 783 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:45,260 the one driving. 784 00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:46,580 I'm not the one driving. 785 00:33:46,580 --> 00:33:48,940 I'm obedient to what the Holy Spirit has for me. 786 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:52,950 I'm stepping into places where I would never go on my own accord. 787 00:33:53,110 --> 00:33:54,470 But God's leading me here. 788 00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:56,870 God's testing me here, God's speaking for me here. 789 00:33:57,030 --> 00:33:58,470 God's moving in this way. 790 00:33:58,550 --> 00:34:03,870 And folks, I cannot describe to someone what it means to be completely 791 00:34:03,870 --> 00:34:06,310 guided by the Holy Spirit unless it's experienced. 792 00:34:06,390 --> 00:34:09,190 But what I will say to you is that when the Holy Spirit's guiding 793 00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:10,630 you, there's nothing to fear. 794 00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:13,910 And there's complete confidence in the Lord. 795 00:34:14,150 --> 00:34:16,959 There's complete confidence, control of God in your life. 796 00:34:16,959 --> 00:34:20,719 And though there might be some uncertainty in our human state, what 797 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,359 it is, is like, hey, God's moving me. 798 00:34:22,359 --> 00:34:23,319 God's changing me. 799 00:34:23,319 --> 00:34:24,839 God's given me the words to say. 800 00:34:24,919 --> 00:34:26,599 God's given me the patience here. 801 00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:29,399 God's holding me back from saying the things that I would say 802 00:34:29,399 --> 00:34:30,359 before, right? 803 00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:34,559 There's a whole picture of what the Holy Spirit does for our 804 00:34:34,559 --> 00:34:34,759 life. 805 00:34:34,759 --> 00:34:37,879 And we see here that the Holy Spirit comes upon it, says the Spirit 806 00:34:37,879 --> 00:34:39,959 of Lord came upon David from that day forward. 807 00:34:40,439 --> 00:34:44,600 Now, that doesn't mean that David is sinless, but we do know 808 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:50,760 that David is able to move and do things beyond his own limitations. 809 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,720 If you don't know about that, just go one chapter over. 810 00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:57,880 We're going to study David going out and slaying Goliath. 811 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,560 David could not and would not have been able to do that. 812 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:06,640 In his own strength, he was able to do something beyond his own 813 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,200 limitations because God was resting upon his life. 814 00:35:10,830 --> 00:35:12,430 And many other things that David does. 815 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:15,030 He admits that I could not do this without the Lord. 816 00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:16,230 This battle is the Lord's. 817 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:18,430 This victory is only because of God. 818 00:35:18,430 --> 00:35:20,270 And that's what it means for us in our own life. 819 00:35:20,270 --> 00:35:23,390 As Christians, we have to understand that when God calls us 820 00:35:23,390 --> 00:35:28,670 to do something that sometimes might be beyond our own human limitations, 821 00:35:29,070 --> 00:35:31,630 that he is going to bless us and give us strength. 822 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:34,750 And as Philippians 4:13 says, that we can do all things through 823 00:35:34,750 --> 00:35:36,270 Christ which strengtheneth us. 824 00:35:36,620 --> 00:35:40,060 And the idea would be that we don't just do whatever we wanted 825 00:35:40,060 --> 00:35:40,180 to. 826 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:41,340 And God blesses that. 827 00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:43,420 But if God calls us to do something. 828 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,380 He's going to give us everything that we need to accomplish 829 00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:47,900 the things that he's called us to do. 830 00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:50,540 So what do I mean by this? 831 00:35:50,540 --> 00:35:51,100 I mean this. 832 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:53,660 God has a plan and a purpose for each of you. 833 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:55,100 He really does. 834 00:35:55,340 --> 00:35:58,620 Now, for you, it might not mean to go to a foreign country and 835 00:35:58,620 --> 00:35:59,420 be a missionary. 836 00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:03,410 For you, it might not be that you're holding vocational, you know, 837 00:36:03,410 --> 00:36:04,130 a ministry. 838 00:36:04,130 --> 00:36:07,530 Even though it really helped me free myself from the bondage of 839 00:36:07,530 --> 00:36:08,130 my fear. 840 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:09,890 Let me tell you something. 841 00:36:09,890 --> 00:36:13,610 In love, you, you don't have enough strength, you don't have enough 842 00:36:13,610 --> 00:36:16,050 wisdom, you don't have enough experience. 843 00:36:16,770 --> 00:36:20,210 You don't have all the things to do what God has called you to 844 00:36:20,210 --> 00:36:20,410 do. 845 00:36:20,410 --> 00:36:22,770 But the beauty is, is that when you have a relationship with 846 00:36:22,770 --> 00:36:24,850 God, he gives you everything you need. 847 00:36:24,930 --> 00:36:27,450 He's going to give you the wisdom, he's going to give you the 848 00:36:27,450 --> 00:36:27,890 strength. 849 00:36:27,890 --> 00:36:29,330 He's going to give you the patience. 850 00:36:29,330 --> 00:36:30,770 He going to give you the endurance. 851 00:36:30,850 --> 00:36:33,130 And so what I would encourage you to do, when we come to these 852 00:36:33,130 --> 00:36:36,450 passages of scripture where we see David doing these amazing things, 853 00:36:36,450 --> 00:36:39,770 we're going to see David do some really amazing things in his 854 00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:40,050 life. 855 00:36:40,290 --> 00:36:43,930 And we saw, we're seeing Joshua and Moses do amazing things. 856 00:36:43,930 --> 00:36:45,850 We see Daniel doing amazing things. 857 00:36:45,850 --> 00:36:49,250 We look at the New Testament and we see, you know, Peter and Paul 858 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,410 and all these people doing things that we're like, wow, that's 859 00:36:51,490 --> 00:36:52,250 so amazing. 860 00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:53,410 Those people are beyond us. 861 00:36:53,410 --> 00:36:56,050 No, the Bible tells us that all of those people are just like 862 00:36:56,050 --> 00:36:56,370 us. 863 00:36:56,430 --> 00:36:56,590 But. 864 00:36:56,660 --> 00:36:59,940 But it was a heart that desired God and his power to rest 865 00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:00,580 upon our life. 866 00:37:00,580 --> 00:37:03,740 And I think a lot of times we sell short the power of God and what 867 00:37:03,740 --> 00:37:06,500 we can do, and ultimately what God can do through us. 868 00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:09,740 And so David is anointed king here. 869 00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:11,700 And we see so many awesome lessons. 870 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:14,260 And so I just want to kind of summarize these lessons and then 871 00:37:14,260 --> 00:37:14,980 we're going to be done. 872 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:16,620 But I will say this. 873 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:21,820 First of all, David gets anointed by God through Samuel, through 874 00:37:21,820 --> 00:37:22,900 Samuel's obedience. 875 00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:27,620 So one man's obedience to the Lord leads to a great king being 876 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:29,340 selected for service. 877 00:37:29,820 --> 00:37:32,500 Now, ultimately, we know that God could have used anybody. 878 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:35,660 And if Samuel would have said no, maybe God would have had another 879 00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:39,700 man stand up or someone to get to a place where they could have 880 00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:41,700 brought that anointing to David. 881 00:37:41,700 --> 00:37:45,340 But Samuel gets to be a part of this because of his obedience. 882 00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,420 And one of the things that I'd like you to think about here this 883 00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:50,340 evening is what could you be A part of. 884 00:37:50,340 --> 00:37:52,140 If you're willing to say yes to the Lord. 885 00:37:53,830 --> 00:37:54,270 I. I've. 886 00:37:54,270 --> 00:37:57,470 I've said no too many times in my life to the Lord, that I'm. 887 00:37:57,470 --> 00:37:58,070 I'm not. 888 00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:59,670 Not proud of those moments. 889 00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:03,070 But there's been times in my life that I've said no, I can't do 890 00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:03,350 that. 891 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,630 And, and maybe you guys know what I mean by that. 892 00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:10,550 Maybe God's really pushing in your heart to help somebody out or 893 00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:13,110 pray for somebody or call somebody or. 894 00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:15,550 Or teach something or serve in an area. 895 00:38:15,550 --> 00:38:16,790 And you go, you know, that's. 896 00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:19,030 I don't have enough time, or I'm too busy or I'm. 897 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:19,760 Or overwhelmed. 898 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,080 I'm not saying for you to neglect the things that God already 899 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,280 has you to do, but what I am saying is that there's times in our 900 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,000 life where God's pressing on our heart, and we come up with every 901 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,160 reason to say no, and we say no. 902 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,920 And I would just say, what are some of the things that maybe God 903 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,920 would have us to be a part of if we just said yes? 904 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,280 And so are we willing to say yes to the Lord? 905 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,240 And then secondly, we look at this place of where Saul comes and 906 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,360 possibly could kill Samuel. 907 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,360 There's a risk there. 908 00:38:45,710 --> 00:38:47,990 And Samuel says, no, I'm willing to risk it for the Lord. 909 00:38:47,990 --> 00:38:49,790 I'm willing to take that step for the Lord. 910 00:38:50,270 --> 00:38:52,870 And here's a question that all of us, I think, have to contemplate 911 00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:53,950 here this evening. 912 00:38:53,950 --> 00:38:56,430 It's one that I'm contemplating a lot in my life. 913 00:38:56,670 --> 00:39:00,430 What am I willing to risk for the Lord if it's not. 914 00:39:01,790 --> 00:39:04,830 If it's something that God's calling me to do, it's not a risk, 915 00:39:05,950 --> 00:39:08,750 because if God's calling me to do it, it's secure. 916 00:39:08,990 --> 00:39:11,870 And so what I would say is, on our perspective, what am I willing 917 00:39:11,870 --> 00:39:12,750 to risk for the Lord? 918 00:39:13,230 --> 00:39:15,190 Am I willing to risk someone mocking me? 919 00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:18,830 Am I willing to risk someone rejecting me? 920 00:39:18,830 --> 00:39:21,630 Am I willing to risk failing? 921 00:39:22,270 --> 00:39:24,910 And by the way, if you're serving the Lord, it's never a failure. 922 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:25,710 I can. 923 00:39:25,710 --> 00:39:30,270 I can tell you time after time of opportunities that I've had, and 924 00:39:30,270 --> 00:39:32,550 then I've just stumbled all over it, and I've said, you know 925 00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:32,830 what? 926 00:39:33,230 --> 00:39:34,350 I messed that up. 927 00:39:34,350 --> 00:39:36,270 I. I messed that sermon up. 928 00:39:36,670 --> 00:39:39,510 I was thinking about something else, or I got distracted here, and 929 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:43,880 I was not able to communicate what I wanted to communicate. 930 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,120 And I felt like a failure. 931 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,320 I felt like a. 932 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,720 A someone who really fell short. 933 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,360 And, you know, in those moments, people being nice or people 934 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,040 really being honest have Been like, wow, I really needed that. 935 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:56,760 That was a great help. 936 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:57,480 And I'm like, really? 937 00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,000 You understood what I was saying? 938 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,520 And there have been times where I felt like, man, I really 939 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:03,080 nailed that. 940 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:03,960 That was amazing. 941 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,400 And nothing, you know? 942 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,000 And so what. 943 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:07,840 What do I mean by that? 944 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:08,520 I mean this. 945 00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:11,660 There's times in our life where we think that we've messed 946 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:12,740 up, that we've failed. 947 00:40:12,740 --> 00:40:15,660 But, folks, if we're in the will of God, it's not a failure, 948 00:40:16,060 --> 00:40:18,220 because we're not the ones that are giving the increase. 949 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:19,260 Think about this principle. 950 00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:20,860 It's in First Corinthians, chapter three. 951 00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:23,300 I'll summarize it for you. 952 00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,260 But you can go there and you can look at it. 953 00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:28,100 There were these people in the church at Corinth, and they were 954 00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:28,860 like, I'm from. 955 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:29,820 I'm from Paul. 956 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,420 Like, Paul's my guy. 957 00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:33,420 And then the other guys were like, why? 958 00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:34,620 I'm from Apollos. 959 00:40:35,290 --> 00:40:36,890 So Apollos is my guy. 960 00:40:36,970 --> 00:40:39,650 And Paul comes in and basically checks them on this, and 961 00:40:39,650 --> 00:40:42,650 he says, why are you looking at me? 962 00:40:42,730 --> 00:40:46,730 And Apollos, he was like, we're just ministers of the grace 963 00:40:46,730 --> 00:40:47,290 of God. 964 00:40:47,530 --> 00:40:52,410 He says, some water, some plant, but God gives the increase. 965 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:56,250 And it's the idea that all of us, anything that happens within 966 00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:58,410 ministry, it's not about us. 967 00:40:59,130 --> 00:41:01,450 We get a chance to sow the seed. 968 00:41:01,450 --> 00:41:01,720 We. 969 00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:06,870 We get a chance to water that seed, but we can never produce fruit 970 00:41:06,870 --> 00:41:08,510 on our own strength, on our own will. 971 00:41:08,670 --> 00:41:10,430 It's always God who gives the increase. 972 00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:12,390 And so what do we do? 973 00:41:12,390 --> 00:41:14,190 We faithfully sew that seed. 974 00:41:14,510 --> 00:41:18,470 We faithfully water those plants, and we allow God to do the 975 00:41:18,470 --> 00:41:19,470 great work in our life. 976 00:41:19,470 --> 00:41:22,870 And so if there's a fear of failure, well, I. I could never do 977 00:41:22,870 --> 00:41:23,110 that. 978 00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:25,670 Well, the truth is, is that we might stumble, but we can't fail 979 00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:26,910 if we're in the will of God. 980 00:41:26,990 --> 00:41:27,250 So. 981 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,920 So that's a lesson in and of itself. 982 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:30,600 And then we see ultimately that. 983 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:35,000 That big lesson at the end of that passage where, you know, Samuel 984 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,560 walks in and he sees all of these really impressive young men, 985 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:39,760 and he thinks that they're the king. 986 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,280 And God says, nope, that's not them. 987 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:42,120 They don't have the heart. 988 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,280 They might look the part, but they don't have the heart. 989 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,200 And for us, I'd rather be a David than any of these other brothers, 990 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,280 right? 991 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,960 I. I don't want to look the part, but not have the right heart. 992 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,640 And that everyone goes, wow, he must be a good Christian. 993 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,080 But then God knows, really what's going on behind the scenes. 994 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,160 I'D rather, if I had to choose one or the other, I'd rather please 995 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:02,480 God than anybody else. 996 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:07,040 Now, I don't think that those have to be two different things. 997 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,000 I think we can please the Lord and in many ways be a blessing to 998 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:10,560 other people. 999 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:15,760 But if me being accepted and praised by other people is higher 1000 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,520 than my desire to honor God, that's where the issue is. 1001 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,120 And so oftentimes that's what it is. 1002 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:22,720 People aren't looking to honor God. 1003 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:24,880 They're looking for other people to notice them and say, well, 1004 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:26,680 they must be good Christians. 1005 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,960 And folks, it's okay to notice other Christians. 1006 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,040 It's okay to give honor to honor whom honors do. 1007 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,120 But at the same time, we want to make sure that we have an audience 1008 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,200 of one that we're praising and honoring. 1009 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,680 Because the truth is that if we're honoring God, everybody else 1010 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,520 is going to understand. 1011 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,160 And if they don't understand, they aren't people that we want to 1012 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:48,920 be pleasing. 1013 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,280 That's the truth of the matter. 1014 00:42:50,930 --> 00:42:51,090 If. 1015 00:42:51,090 --> 00:42:52,090 If people can't. 1016 00:42:52,090 --> 00:42:55,850 In your family and your friends and your work, if they cannot 1017 00:42:55,850 --> 00:42:59,010 respect your stand for the cause of the Gospel, then it's not 1018 00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,770 someone who we want to please. 1019 00:43:01,250 --> 00:43:02,690 Because I don't want to please the world. 1020 00:43:02,930 --> 00:43:05,010 Certainly I don't want to please people that are telling me 1021 00:43:05,010 --> 00:43:05,370 to sin. 1022 00:43:05,370 --> 00:43:06,410 I'd rather please God. 1023 00:43:06,410 --> 00:43:09,170 And if the people can understand that, great, amen. 1024 00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:10,130 You're on my side. 1025 00:43:10,210 --> 00:43:12,970 But other people that mock us for our faith, I don't want to please 1026 00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:13,330 them. 1027 00:43:13,330 --> 00:43:14,130 Because what's gonna. 1028 00:43:14,130 --> 00:43:15,170 What's gonna please them? 1029 00:43:15,250 --> 00:43:17,170 Something that's against what God has for us. 1030 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,660 And David has many chances to stand in the truth. 1031 00:43:19,660 --> 00:43:21,620 And he in many ways stands for the truth. 1032 00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:21,940 And in. 1033 00:43:21,940 --> 00:43:23,020 Sometimes he falls. 1034 00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:25,420 And there's going to be times where we stumble and fall. 1035 00:43:25,820 --> 00:43:28,380 But at the end of the day, when we come back to this idea of 1036 00:43:28,380 --> 00:43:31,940 God sees the heart, my desire is that my heart is pure. 1037 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:32,620 Before the Lord. 1038 00:43:32,620 --> 00:43:33,860 Think about what David prayed. 1039 00:43:33,860 --> 00:43:38,740 And this comes much later on in his life when he's, you know, 1040 00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:39,900 caught in sin and he's. 1041 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:41,980 He's feeling the conviction of the Spirit. 1042 00:43:41,980 --> 00:43:46,910 He says, search me, oh God, know my heart, try me and know my 1043 00:43:46,910 --> 00:43:47,270 thoughts. 1044 00:43:47,270 --> 00:43:50,150 See if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. 1045 00:43:51,030 --> 00:43:52,670 You know, I think that should be all of our prayers. 1046 00:43:52,670 --> 00:43:55,350 To search our hearts daily, Lord. 1047 00:43:55,350 --> 00:43:57,230 Search me if there's something in my heart, Lord. 1048 00:43:57,230 --> 00:43:58,470 I want that to be right before youe. 1049 00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:00,630 Before I get it right with anybody else. 1050 00:44:00,630 --> 00:44:02,710 The Bible says to take it to the Lord first. 1051 00:44:02,710 --> 00:44:05,510 Even though I might need to deal with other people in my life, 1052 00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:07,070 I need to get it right with God. 1053 00:44:07,070 --> 00:44:09,880 And if you remember, David doesn't say, well, I really sinned 1054 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,400 against Bathsheba, and I really sinned against Uriah, and 1055 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,240 I really sinned against all of my family. 1056 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,960 Ultimately, what David said is, lord, I sinned against you. 1057 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,560 So even when we sin against other people, the real major issue 1058 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,440 is that we've turned our hearts against God. 1059 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,480 And so we're going to study through the life of David, his ups 1060 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,400 and his downs, what to follow, what not to follow. 1061 00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,120 And we can ultimately see how we can be people after God's own 1062 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:35,120 heart in our own lives. 1063 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,630 And so that's a challenge for all of us here this evening. 1064 00:44:37,630 --> 00:44:42,230 Now, we're going to come to a passage of scripture next week, and 1065 00:44:42,230 --> 00:44:45,590 we're going to talk about how an evil spirit troubles Saul and 1066 00:44:45,590 --> 00:44:50,670 how God intertwines David with who will one day be his greatest 1067 00:44:50,670 --> 00:44:52,230 enemy on this earth. 1068 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:54,710 And we're going to see how this all begins to start. 1069 00:44:54,710 --> 00:44:57,990 And it starts out pretty smoothly until Saul actually finds 1070 00:44:57,990 --> 00:45:01,670 out the future for David, and he tries to dictate to David and 1071 00:45:01,670 --> 00:45:03,270 to God what the future will be. 1072 00:45:03,430 --> 00:45:06,070 And it'll be an interesting story nonetheless.