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January 22 - 1 Samuel 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is.
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  Monday, It is the 22nd of January and it is great to have
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  you company. As always on this Monday start
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  of the week. I hope you're doing well.
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  Today we begin a whole new week of reading where we will meet a
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  character that will dominate the entire biblical narrative.
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  Well, that's not entirely true. We'll become a very big player.
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  How's that in the entire biblical narrative from now on?
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  And that is this man named David.
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  Ohhh yeah. Today he will be anointed as
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  king. And then as we go through this
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  week, he will meet King Saul and then King Saul will fall out of
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  love with this impressive young man.
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  Now as we begin reading all about this incredible young man
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  by the name of David, who the Lord is clearly with and blesses
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  in so many ways, we might be tempted to think, ah, he is the
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  star of the show. He is the person that the books
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  of Samuel are actually about, but that would not be correct.
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  He is a player, but God is the key player.
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  God is the primary character, yeah.
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  And it is God's kingship that he is going to show through David,
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  through this young man that he chooses based on his own
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  criteria. You'll read a lot of times it
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  says David is a king after my own heart.
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  That doesn't mean that God loved him more than others.
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  It just means that he was a king that he selected based on God's
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  characteristics that he knew would be important for kingship.
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  So this is where we start to see some of the blueprint that God
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  lays out that says this is what I think is important in the
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  leadership and kingship that I represent.
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  So when we hear about David, yes, we are even learning more
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  about God's character. How great is that?
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  So let us begin this journey of learning.
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  Well, continue this learning of journey, but begin for today and
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  this week. So settle in, friends.
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  Join me and let's read together First Samuel, chapter 16.
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  Now the Lord said to Samuel, you have mourned long enough for
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  Saul. I have rejected him as King of
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  Israel. So filled your flask with olive
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  oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives
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  there. For I have selected one of his
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  sons to be my king. But Samuel asked, how can I do
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  that? If Saul hears about it, he will
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  kill me. Take a heffer with you, the Lord
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  replied, And say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the
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  Lord. Invite Jesse to the sacrifice,
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  and I will show you which of his sons to anoint for me.
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  So Samuel did as the Lord instructed.
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  When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town came
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  trembling to meet him. What's wrong?
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  They asked. Do you come in peace?
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  Yes, Samuel replied. I have come to sacrifice to the
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  Lord. Purify yourselves and come with
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  me to the sacrifice. Then Samuel performed the
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  purification right for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the
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  sacrifice too. When they arrived, Samuel took
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  one look at Eliab and thought, surely this is the Lord's
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  anointed. But the Lord said to Samuel,
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  don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him.
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  The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them.
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  People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks
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  at the heart. Then Jesse told his son Abinadab
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  to step forward and walk in front of Samuel.
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  But Samuel said this is not the one the Lord has chosen.
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  Next, Samuel summon Shemya. But Samuel said neither is this
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  the one the Lord has chosen. In the same way, all seven of
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  Jesse's sons were presented to Samuel, but Samuel said to
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  Jesse. The Lord has not chosen any of
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  these. Then?
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  Samuel asked. Are these all the sons you have?
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  There Is still the youngest, Jesse replied.
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  But he's out in the fields watching the sheep and goats
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  send for him at once, Samuel said.
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  We will not sit down to eat until he arrives, so Jesse sent
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  for him. He was dark and handsome with
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  beautiful eyes, and the Lord said, this is the one anoint him
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  So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the
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  flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with
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  the oil. And the spirit of the Lord came
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  powerfully upon David from that day on.
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  Then Samuel returned to Rama. Now the spirit of the Lord had
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  left soul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit that filled
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  him with depression and fear. Some of soul servants said to
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  him, A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you.
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  Let us find a good musician to play the harp.
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  Whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you, he will play
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  soothing music and you will soon be well again, alright, Saul
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  said. Find me someone who plays well
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  and bring him here, one of the servants said to Saul.
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  One of Jesse's sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp
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  player. Not only that, he is a brave
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  warrior, a man of war and has good judgement.
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  He is also a fine looking young man and the Lord is with him.
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  So Saul sent messages to Jesse to say, send me your son, David
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  the shepherd. Jesse responded by sending David
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  to Saul along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread and a
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  wine skin full of wine. So David went to Saul and began
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  serving him. Saul loved David very much and
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  David became his armour bearer. Then Saul sent word to Jesse,
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  asking, Please let David remain in my service, for I am very
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  pleased with him. And whenever the tormenting
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  spirit from God troubled soul David would play the harp, then
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  Saul would feel better and the tormenting spirit would go away.
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  Our Lord. You do have a different way of
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  looking at us, don't you? We see what's obvious and on the
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  outside and in the actions and loud and clear.
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  But you look deeper. You look at the heart, Lord
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  Shaper, so that we are not easily distracted by the surface
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  things, but that we too with your heart can see through to
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  the more important aspect, the aspects of people and things
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  which are important to your Kingdom.
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  Because Lord, we want to live as though your Kingdom is the most
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  important Kingdom. So shape us and continue to
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  refine us and tune our eyes and our ears to always always see
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  your kingdoms priorities first. Because we love you, and we want
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  your Kingdom to be a reality here, just as you would have it
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  be. And we pray all of this in the
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  name of Jesus. Amen.