Jesus Chooses David

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.” Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Jesse Grandson of Boaz and Ruth

Ruth 4:17 ESV

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Tribe of Judah

Ruth 4:12 ESV

and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

God Chooses David

1 Samuel 16:1 ESV

1 Samuel 8:22 ESV

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

Samuels Fear

1 Samuel 16:2 ESV

And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

Samuel Anoints David

1 Samuel 16:6–13 ESV

When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

Samuel is Impressed

1 Samuel 16:6 ESV

When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”

Saul was Big and Strong

1 Samuel 10:23–24 (ESV)

Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

God Sees the Heart

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Seven Sons

1 Samuel 16:10 ESV

And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”

Maybe the Youngest and the Smallest

1 Samuel 16:11 ESV

Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

Jesus Chooses The Least of These

1 Samuel 16:12 ESV

And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

1 Corinthians 1:27 ESV

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

Samuel Anoints David

Anointed one - Messiah

1 Samuel 16:13 ESV

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

So What?

God Sees the Heart

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV

We look at the external God looks within.

We say similar things

Looks aren’t everything

Looks can be deceiving

You can’t judge a book by it’s cover

So What? We should be careful about judging both others and ourselves when it comes to any ability to serve the kingdom of God.

If God calls, he also empowers.

The culture speaks of empowerment all the time. Black-Empowerment, Asian-Empowermoent, Female-empowerment.

The Church needs to be at the work of raising up God-Empowered people. This is your identity in Christ. The is who God sees when he looks upon you. Someone whom the Holy Spirit has empowered to do the works that God has created for you.

God Chooses Who He Wants

Why would God choose just a little Shepherd boy?

Why not the firstborn?

God often times chooses the least likely in order accomplish his greatest works.

God’s salvation has come in the form of an infant and a suffering servant.

God chooses whom he wants.

God Uses our Weaknesses

Those around David did not see his potential because of their focus

He was the last born

He was the smallest among them

He was too young

He was just a shepherd.

We must be careful when judging potential.

God often times sees potential where others only see weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:10 ESV

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

It is only when we become comfortable with you we truly are. Strengths, weaknesses, faults, ugly warts, and all. It is then that God will begin to work through those things that the world sees as problems, disabilities, or weaknesses. God will then begin to empower you in and through those areas of your life.

1 Samuel 13:14 ESV

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

The Spirit of God

The anointed one in Israel would come to be recognized in the scriptures by two initial events in their lives.

First, they would be marked in essence by the High Priest by being anointed with oil.

Second, they would receive the Spirit of God.

Often times the stories that we come to love the most in the Bible. The stories of those that we come to call the Heroes of the Faith. Are actually stories about the Spirit of God working within these people.

If you have placed your faith in Christ Jesus you have been anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit no differently than David was.

This is who you are in Christ Jesus. God the Holy Spirit now lives within you. With the sole purpose of using you as an instrument of grace in the hands of our redeemer.

it is of the utmost importance that you see yourself like this. Because when you do God can and will use all of you strengths and weaknesses, beauty and blemishes, your times of joy and your times of brokennes. All of it can and will be used by his grace for his glory.

All you have to do is allow God to work in and through you. And you will begin to see miracles every day through the weakness and brokenness of your life.

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