| David's call 1 Samuel 16 | by A. Wood | ||||||
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So what comes to mind when you think of David? Perhaps the duel with Goliath? or maybe its Psalm 23, perhaps the man after God's own heart? What about his calling? Now that's something people don't look at so often. The people demanded a king and God allowed them to choose Saul. But alas, Saul failed to be obedient to God's commands and so another king was needed. God sent Samuel out to find the king that He had prepared. So of Samuel went. So Samuel arrives at the house of David's father, Jesse. Samual calls Jesse and his sons out to sacrifice. As Samuel looks upon the first of Jesse's son, Eliab he thinks to himself, this must be the man. Samuel notices his height and statue but cannot see his heart. How easy it is for us to be like Samuel, we look on the outside and make judgments about a person and often get it wrong. But the Lord, as He tells Samuel here, looks on the heart and can see the true nature of a man. It is wonderful to know that the Lord doesn't look at what man sees from the outside. For the Lord sees not our actions but our motives, for that is where our heart is. Rather than only seeing the sins we commit, He can look on the inside, He knows our struggles against our own sinful nature as we strive to do His Will. He knows that even though we detest these sins, we cannot help ourselves but in a moment commit them. It is not on our actions or our build that the Lord chooses us to serve Him, but rather on our motives, our desire to serve Him despite our sinful nature. The Lord doesn't necessairly choose those who always appear to do good works, for they may not be doing them for the right reasons. We may look on some and think they have got it all sorted out and yet the Lord doesn't chose these for they may be lifted up in pride. He chooses those who are willing to fight for Him, for it is when the struggles come that we need that experience to go on for Him. For how many of us would have David's faith and face Goliath? Yet David had fought before against animals and used the experience God had given Him then, when deciding to stand up and fight. The Lord can use any of us, you know David was the youngest of 8 sons and yet it was he and not any of his brothers that the Lord chose to serve Him. Why? Because he was a man after God's own heart. So what about you and me, are we men after God's heart? Do we do things to primarily please man or God? Are we willing to fight to do God's Will? All quotes are from the King James version of the Bible unless otherwise specified.
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