1 Samuel 16:1-13

Hey, hey, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we are at 1 Samuel chapter 16. We're going to talk about Saul and David. Let's figure out what happens. Let's have some coffee. We'll pray. I'm getting it God's Word. By the way, thank you so much for this day. We thank you for the blessing it is to get to read your word. And we pray that as we read your word, your Holy Spirit would be teaching us. Lord, we pray that we would walk in your ways. Trust who you are. Lord, please, you are a good God. so we pray that you would please give us your spirit so we could understand and live. In Jesus' name, amen. Here we go, 1 Samuel chapter 16.
Now the Lord said to Samuel, how long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided myself a king among his sons. And Samuel said, how can I go?
If Saul hears of it, he will kill me. But the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me the one I name to you.
So Samuel did what the Lord said and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, saying, Do you come peacefully? he said, peacefully, I have come to sacrifice to Yehovah. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to this sacrifice. Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. So it was when they came that he took or he looked at Eliab and said, surely Yehovah's anointed is before him.
But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For Jehovah does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. So Jesse called Aminadab 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 chose this one. Thus Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, Jehovah has not chosen these. Then Samuel said to Jesse, are all the young men here? Then he said, there remains yet the youngest.
And there he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, send and bring him, for we will not sit down till he comes here. And he came and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him, for this is the one. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Well we need to ask ourselves our three questions. A. What's this about?
B. What's the best? What is the best verse to summarize? And C. What are we called to do in response to this? So A. What is this about? God has sent, the Lord has sent Samuel to anoint one of the sons of Jesse. He doesn't know who he is. But he finds out it's going to be the youngest, the runt of the litter. It's going to be David, this ruddy and handsome young man. And it's just this interesting story, right?
Because he's at home. He's grieving Saul, right? He's sad. And the Lord is the one that's like, get up off your rump, man. Go get him. He says, well, if I go try to annoy someone else's king, Saul hears of it, he's going to kill me. He knows how power hungry and thirsty he is for his own kingdom. And the Lord says, no, no, no. Take a heifer with you. Tell him you're going to offer a sacrifice. It's a true statement. But go.
And I'm going to show you the one. goes oldest down down down down down seven of the sons and don't you have any other well yeah there's a little guy out there look there he is he's caring for the sheep he's not even significant enough to bring in here he does and lord says that's him that's the one and what does samuel do well he gets the horn with the oil and messiahs him he anoints him king Now we're going to find it's going to take a few years for that to actually come to pass. Right before this will actually be seen as full fruition, but that's what we have for us here. So, what's the best verse to summarize this? In my Bible, I have verse 12 and 13 underlined. That's what I have underlined in my Bible. Samuel actually anointing David.
Lastly, calling. What does this call us to do? Or how does this point us to Jesus Christ? Well, I don't think that we're going around anointing people. Maybe if somebody's sick, the elders can go and anoint them with some oil and pray over them or something like that. But the point is, We gotta be careful about sections like this. They're not given to us for some type of moralistic lesson. Well, maybe sometimes there's uncomfortable things, or maybe we can, pardon me, or maybe there's things we gotta, how do you skirt around the truth while telling us still a simple truth? That's not what this is all about. What is this all about? It's about showing us that God was keeping his covenant promises. The Lord is still with his people. The Lord is still going to care for them. The Lord is raising up a king for them.
But this king wouldn't be the ultimate Messiah. He would not be the son, the seed of the woman that would crush the head of the serpent. But Jesse is the descendant of Boaz. Jesse being the father of David, David would become king and this is going to be a time and time and time again. David is not a type.
He's not a perfect example of Jesus but he's pointing us to Jesus, the King who would come and would reign. A far less likely candidate to be the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, humanly speaking and yet we can trust that God had a plan all this time. And even here with danger and intrigue and kind of skirting around on things, right?
The Lord has a plan. He's bringing about redemption. He knows the cries of His people. So we can trust in Him. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for Jesus. We thank you for the one who has saved us, who is our champion, our conqueror, our defender, the hope of our salvation, the hope of glory. We pray Lord that we would trust in you and love you and follow you all the days of our lives. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. May God bless you. May you walk in the joy of Jesus. May you go before or go with the one who has been anointed as he cares for you. I'll see you next time. Bye.