God Chooses A King

Chartridge Mission Church

#David #Samuel #Choose #King #Jesus #Goliath #Saul #LearningTheBibleTogether #DavidDuffett #QuaintonBaptistChapel #Author #InternationalSpeaker #ChartridgeMissionChurch #Chesham  Internationally acclaimed speaker and author David Duffett preaches on the time when God chose a King to replace Saul. Samuel was sent to anoint this new King, but was shocked by God's choice, which, in human terms, appeared poor.   David Duffett YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFtiq9aekV3xebfuAa02NoeI  Ruth Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFs6WpHuHoYga1vVbTgozoIy  David Duffett Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nerd-Thats-Heard-David-Duffett/dp/1068384840/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1  Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.  We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.   Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.     Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH  The village Church with an international audience.  Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:  Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:    https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300    Cheques can be made payable to Chartridge Mission Church and sent to the above address for the attention of Pastor Barry Kempson.   Recorded on Sunday, 19th April 2026.     Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.  www.Chartridge.UK   The Friendliest Fellowship.

Transcript

00:00Oh, and be discerning, is most holy learning, Lord, may love and fear Thee, evermore be near Thee.

00:22Well, it's great to be here, and a privilege to come and speak to you this evening.

00:28And not so long ago, I had the privilege of speaking about the first chapter of Ruth.

00:35I don't know whether we're allowed to have favourite books of the Bible, but I think if we were, Ruth

00:40would be mine.

00:41You know, that story of love and loyalty, of divine providence, such a beautiful story.

00:48Well, not a story, an account in the book of Ruth.

00:51And what I'd like to do this evening is kind of follow along from that and have a quick look

00:58at the life of David.

01:00Because, of course, Ruth is, you know, back in the lineage of David.

01:03And, of course, this also comes into the lineage of our Lord Jesus Christ as well, doesn't it?

01:08So I'd like to draw your attention to 1 Samuel, and we're going to look at chapter 16, and we're

01:18just going to read the first 13 verses.

01:49And the Lord said unto Samuel,

01:50And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

01:58And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do.

02:03And thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

02:08And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem.

02:14And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

02:20And he said, Peaceably.

02:22I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord.

02:25Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.

02:30And they sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

02:37And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed

02:44is before me.

02:44But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I

02:54have refused him.

02:55For the Lord seeth not as man seeth.

02:59For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

03:05Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.

03:11And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

03:14Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.

03:17And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

03:20Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.

03:25And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

03:28And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children?

03:32And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep.

03:40And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.

03:48And he sent, and he brought him in.

03:51Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.

03:57And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he.

04:01Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren.

04:07And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.

04:13So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

04:16I'd like to use a title, it's a very, very obvious title for that passage.

04:20And it's God chooses David as a king.

04:23You know, if you were trying to pick the main thing that happens in that passage, that would be it,

04:28wouldn't it?

04:28There's other things that happen, but the outcome of it is that God, through Samuel, anoints David to be king.

04:37And what I'd like to do is pick out three aspects of this passage that I believe can be of

04:43help to us in our Christian walk to consider them.

04:47And the three headings, if you like, are divine direction, divine decision, and divine duty.

04:57So those are what we are going to look at.

05:00So under the heading of divine direction here, from the very outset of this passage, we see that Samuel is

05:06hearing directly from the Lord.

05:09Initially, to move his thinking on from Saul, because the Lord perceived that he was still somehow wedded to Saul,

05:16even though we read in previous passage that Saul's incomplete obedience have led the Lord to reject him as the

05:25king of Israel.

05:26And what the Lord wanted to do is move his thinking on from Saul, and then to direct him to

05:32Bethlehem and to the family of Jesse.

05:36Now, we read that Samuel is hearing directly from God.

05:40And so the first question is, how do we hear from God?

05:45Do we hear directly like that?

05:48Well, maybe we do.

05:49God's quite capable of speaking to us.

05:51However, perhaps these days, we don't hear so much of that, even though God is well capable of it.

06:00It's entirely possible.

06:02But the Lord, of course, has given us the Bible.

06:04So our number one place to learn what God is saying to us is, of course, the Bible.

06:10And I specifically mention that first ahead of prayer,

06:15because through our own reading and study and hearing others expound,

06:21and, of course, using our own spiritual gift of discernment as we read through the Bible,

06:26we can definitely hear directly from the Lord through his word.

06:30The reason I mention it ahead of prayer is because although prayer is critical,

06:37the Bible is the authoritative word of God.

06:40And so, where the Bible is clear, we don't need to seek answers in prayer.

06:46You know, we wouldn't seek answers in prayer.

06:48We wouldn't say, Lord, would it be okay for me to murder this person?

06:51Just to use a terrible example, because it's clearly down in the Bible.

06:55Thou shalt not murder.

06:56So what I'm saying is we come to the Bible first.

06:58And, of course, we can pray about things and look for the Lord's leading.

07:01But there are plenty of places where it's absolutely clear.

07:07And I once heard the American motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar, who was also a Christian.

07:13He said, people come to him and say, I don't understand the Bible.

07:17He said, the trouble is you don't like the bits you do understand.

07:20That was his response.

07:22Another one that made me laugh is when people would say,

07:25yeah, your church is just full of hypocrites.

07:27He'd say, well, we've got room for one more.

07:30Come along.

07:31So, yes, the Bible and prayer are our number one and number two ways that we hear from the Lord.

07:39But, of course, he can speak directly to us.

07:41And we have instances where people say, I felt the Lord saying this to me directly.

07:47We do need, though, to talk to God in prayer, just as one would with anyone that we have a

07:54close relationship.

07:55But one of the things that defines a close relationship is communication, isn't it?

07:58You know, if a husband and wife stop communicating, that's possibly the beginning of something difficult to deal with.

08:05And so we need to be communicating all the time.

08:09And we look for that close relationship.

08:12We read in Scripture that if we draw near to God, he will draw near to us.

08:17And so we can have that beautiful relationship with our Abba father, our daddy, if you like.

08:23I want to draw your attention, first of all, to verse one, where God says to Samuel,

08:34I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me a king among his sons.

08:42I have provided me a king among his sons.

08:47Does that remind you of any other verses in Scripture?

08:51I have provided me a king.

08:57Any other verses coming to mind?

08:59There's only a few of us, so feel free to shout out if you'd like to.

09:03The one that came straight to my mind was,

09:07my son, God will provide himself a lamb.

09:12Do you remember when Isaac asked his dad,

09:14yeah, but where's the sacrifice?

09:19And the dad said, I've forgotten the name of the dad now.

09:22Who was the dad?

09:23Sorry?

09:24Abraham.

09:24Abraham, that's right.

09:25Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb.

09:28And here we read, I have provided me a king among the sons of Jesse.

09:34Both these verses and many other verses that we could turn to in Scripture

09:38speak of God's sovereign provision.

09:40And I'm sure as we look back over our lives, we can see God's hand of provision.

09:45Even though we might not have recognised it at the time,

09:48when we look back, we can see how God has saved us from doing something

09:51that we perhaps shouldn't have done.

09:54Or enabled us to do something that we didn't think was possible.

09:57You know, God's hand of provision has been there for us.

10:01And in this case, God had now rejected Saul,

10:04whom Israel had been looking to.

10:06And actually, Israel continues to look to as we read further forward

10:10in this book of 1 Samuel,

10:12because Israel doesn't know that God has finished with Saul.

10:17They're not privy to that at the moment.

10:20But God's purposes would still be accomplished.

10:23And I think an important thing to note here

10:25is that God is not tied to the people that he chooses to use for a season.

10:32So he did use Saul.

10:33In fact, you know, it was through God's will that Saul became king for that time.

10:38However, he then finished with him.

10:40And actually, when I think about chapels like this and the one at Quainton,

10:44God has chosen to use different people over time, haven't they?

10:46Different people come and go.

10:49In Quainton recently, we had the sad loss of Joyce,

10:53the oldest surviving member.

10:55She went to be with the Lord a few weeks ago.

10:58But she had been a stalwart supporter of the chapel.

11:01She had run the Sunday school, I believe, when there were 50-odd children.

11:06Part of her work, her and her husband ran a soft furnishing business

11:12where they do curtains for railway stations and National Trust properties

11:16and for the chapel.

11:17She'd done everything in the chapel.

11:19Everywhere you look, there's something to remind you of what Joyce had done.

11:22She was a really stalwart supporter.

11:23We pray for her husband, David, who to this day is not saved.

11:27But yet he would be over at the chapel painting,

11:30you know, taking doors off their hinges and planing them down.

11:34Did no end of different things.

11:36He himself turns 80 very soon.

11:39But God uses these people for a season.

11:42And they get a blessing from that

11:44because they're doing what God's will is for their lives.

11:46But God is not tied to any one person.

11:48Remember that hymn, God is working his purposes out

11:51or God is working his purpose out as year succeeds to year.

11:55God is working his purpose out and the time is drawing near.

11:59God uses people as he sees fit.

12:01Some of them are saved.

12:03He can use people that are not saved.

12:05He can use donkeys, can we?

12:06We read about that or asses, I should say.

12:09His purposes will always be worked out and accomplished.

12:12He will see to it.

12:14So for as long as the Lord wants Chartridge to keep going,

12:17he will bring the next people along, won't he?

12:19It's in his divine providence to do so.

12:22Even though we're sad that we haven't got Pastor Barry with us

12:24and we pray for his safe return soon and other people,

12:28God has got these things in hand.

12:31And we feel the same at Quainton as well.

12:33You know, sometimes we worry ourselves, don't we,

12:35with small numbers and things like that.

12:37But yet, if God wants it done, it will get done.

12:41He's working his purposes out.

12:43So we need to look to the Lord.

12:44And, of course, this is also not only applicable in our church life,

12:48but in our own everyday lives as well.

12:50We need to look to the Lord.

12:51And sadly, you know, confessing in my own life,

12:55when problems arise, I very want to try and sort things out myself

12:59rather than come first to the foot of the cross.

13:03And, of course, that's what we should be doing, isn't it?

13:05When problems arise, we don't want to go and see the Lord last

13:08after we've tried everything else.

13:09I want to go to the Lord first in these things

13:13and be aligned with his purposes.

13:15And, of course, the more we read his word and the more we pray,

13:19the more we will be aligned with his purposes.

13:22So that's what we need to do.

13:25Now, in verse 2, Samuel has a bit of a Moses moment, doesn't he?

13:29Do you remember when Moses was called upon to lead the children of Israel out?

13:34And he said, yeah, but I haven't got a good tongue.

13:36I'm not very good at this.

13:37And he sort of made excuses.

13:38In verse 2 here, Samuel said, how can I go?

13:42If Saul hears about it, he'll kill me.

13:44So, you know, God has told him what to do

13:47and he's busy, you know, asking questions about it.

13:51And the point is that the Lord makes a way for us.

13:54And so if we are doing God's will in our own lives,

13:58a way will be made to move forwards.

14:01But in this case, he directs Samuel to talk about a sacrifice.

14:04And he says, go over there, take a heifer with you

14:06and say that you're going to do a sacrifice.

14:10And I'll show you what to do, Samuel, when you get there.

14:13And so Samuel relies on the Lord for that.

14:16And of course, the Lord delivers, doesn't he?

14:18He ultimately tells him who to anoint.

14:21So that was good enough for Samuel to take action.

14:23And he does make his way to Bethlehem.

14:26And then the elders in verse 4, we read,

14:29they want to know, do you come peaceably?

14:30Why would they say that to Samuel, God's prophet?

14:34Why would they say, do you come peaceably?

14:37It's a few verses back, isn't it?

14:40He'd recently hacked Agag to bit suddenly.

14:44Do you remember when Saul didn't kill him,

14:46the king of the Amalekites?

14:48And so Samuel showed up and said,

14:49look, you've not done what God told you to do.

14:53And do you remember Saul's excuse?

14:55Well, I've done my sacrifices.

14:57In other words, I've done the legal bit of it.

14:59And Samuel has to remind Saul

15:01that God's looking for obedience.

15:04That's more important than sacrifices.

15:07And then he goes on to say,

15:08well, disobedience is as, you know,

15:10rebellion against God is as the sin of witchcraft,

15:13which I always think is very interesting

15:15because, of course, later on,

15:16Saul's going to consult a witch, isn't he?

15:18And so it's amazing how all of these things fit together.

15:22But if the bloke that you knew

15:24had recently hacked somebody to bits,

15:26showed up, you'd probably say,

15:28hold on a minute, do you come in peace?

15:30And Samuel says, well, he does come in peace.

15:36So he answers that he's come peaceably.

15:39And being a peace offering with a sacrifice,

15:41the implication, he says he's there to sacrifice,

15:44and it looks like it's a peace offering.

15:46The implication is that it would involve a meal.

15:49That's eating up the meat of the sacrifice

15:52as opposed to a sin offering.

15:55So it's a peace offering there.

15:57So the scene is set for Samuel

16:00to slide into this situation,

16:01going under the radar

16:03as far as Saul's suspicions are concerned,

16:06and talking to the family of Jesse.

16:08So that's just a brief look at the divine direction.

16:12Now let's look at the divine decision.

16:16So even having followed that divine direction

16:19to Bethlehem and to Jesse's family,

16:22Samuel then falls instantly into the trap

16:26of acting in the flesh,

16:27because he sees the first son, Eliab,

16:30and Eliab's probably a big, strong man,

16:32looking pretty good, looking quite handy.

16:34And he thinks, oh, this is obviously the man

16:36that God wants.

16:38But it's not, is it?

16:40God has to remind him that his selection,

16:43that's God's selection criteria,

16:45are quite different to man's.

16:48He does that in verse 7.

16:50And of course, this is something

16:51that we should very much keep in mind as well, isn't it?

16:55That God looks at the heart,

16:57and God has appointments for people.

16:59Just to use a very simple example,

17:01if a new person arrived and they happen

17:03to be an accountant,

17:05we should not assume that they're going

17:07to be the treasurer of the chapel, should we?

17:09Because God doesn't look at that stuff.

17:11God looks at the heart, and he has his appointment.

17:14We have to work within God's parameters,

17:17not our own human understanding of things.

17:21So let me ask you this.

17:23Who, when, where, and how

17:28will God choose to deal with things for us?

17:32That's a question, or those are questions

17:34that we should be asking ourselves.

17:37There's a lovely man who's now gone to be with the Lord,

17:40Pastor Bill, I've forgotten his surname for a minute now,

17:43but big, big man from America.

17:45Bill Randalls, that's right.

17:47Pastor Bill Randalls, lovely big man.

17:49When anything bad would happen to him,

17:52he'd say, oh, I wonder how the Lord's going to handle this.

17:55That was his first thought,

17:56or at least his first verbalised thought.

17:59And isn't it, well, isn't that a lovely thing?

18:01That's what we should be doing, isn't it?

18:03When terrible things happen to us,

18:04we shouldn't, you know, we shouldn't be with Isaiah,

18:07woe is me-ing.

18:08We should be saying, oh, I wonder how the Lord

18:10is going to deal with this.

18:12And of course, the more we're in his word,

18:14the more we're in prayer,

18:15the more connected and communicated with,

18:18we are with him,

18:19the more we'll be able to give him those things

18:21and understand that.

18:24So, of course, at the same time, though,

18:26that doesn't mean that we should just sit back

18:28with our arms folded and let God deal with it.

18:31You know, there is work for us to do.

18:34Do you remember the scripture where it says,

18:35be ye holy, even as I am holy.

18:38In other words, there is stuff for us to do.

18:41And just to use another simple example,

18:44if you were looking for a job

18:45and praying about your next job,

18:47then you really should fill out some application forms

18:50and go for some interviews.

18:51You know, not just sit back and say,

18:53Lord, I'm praying for my next job.

18:54Now, of course, it's entirely possible

18:56for the Lord to work everything out for you.

19:00However, we do have to do some of these things ourselves.

19:04I read, or when I say I read,

19:06I use that term loosely.

19:07I'm not one of the world's greatest readers.

19:09But there's a guy called Samuel Leeds

19:11who claims to be a Christian property investor.

19:14It's worth millions.

19:16And he wrote a book called

19:18You Do the Possible and Let God Do the Impossible.

19:21In other words, you do the bits you can

19:24and then God will, you know,

19:25he'll fill in the impossible gaps.

19:27And yeah, and I think there's something in that.

19:29Not that I follow all of Samuel Leeds teaching,

19:32but I do believe that God wants us to do our part.

19:36So we need to take action,

19:38but we need to take those actions prayerfully

19:40and carefully while seeking to discern God's will for us

19:45in each and every situation.

19:48Jesse's sons are brought before Samuel in man's order,

19:51oldest through to the youngest.

19:53And yet the Lord had chosen the youngest,

19:57even though the oldest came first.

19:58It reminds me of the other scripture

20:00where the first shall be last

20:01and the last shall be first.

20:04Again, we need to keep a check on ourselves

20:07that we look to the Lord

20:08and not go first in the flesh.

20:13Because that is the danger.

20:15The danger is we see something

20:16that's obviously right in the flesh,

20:18jump in when the Lord might have had different ideas for us.

20:22So we need to consult with the Lord first.

20:25So we've done the divine direction

20:30and the divine decision.

20:32We've just got one part left to look at,

20:35which is the divine duty.

20:38So after Jesse has cycled through all of his sons,

20:42apart from the very youngest one

20:44that he didn't really consider was applicable to Samuel,

20:47Samuel inquires and said,

20:48well, have you got any more children?

20:50Because the Lord had not yet chosen one.

20:53So Samuel perhaps knew the answer to that question

20:55because he'd already said,

20:57the Lord had already said,

20:58Samuel, I'm going to anoint somebody

20:59from the sons of Jesse.

21:01So if he's seen all of his sons

21:02and not found the one,

21:05you know, it's a little bit like Abraham's believing

21:07that even though he was called upon to kill Isaac,

21:12God had already promised

21:14that all of his descendants would come through him,

21:17hadn't he?

21:17The son of promise.

21:18And so Abraham was obedient

21:21because he counted,

21:22in fact, we read it in Hebrews 11,

21:24don't we?

21:24Often referred to as the hall of faith

21:26that God counted it unto him for righteousness,

21:28that he believed God about that.

21:31And so here,

21:32this is an example of Samuel believing

21:34and saying,

21:35well, have you got any other sons?

21:37And Jesse goes on to tell him

21:39that yes, there is one more.

21:42He's not here at the moment

21:43because he's keeping the sheep.

21:46And isn't that highly appropriate

21:47if we think of David as a type of Christ,

21:51as we can in some ways,

21:52he's keeping the sheep.

21:55Look how Samuel reacts.

21:56He says, well, go and get him.

21:58Get him quick.

21:59In fact, we will not sit down

22:01until he comes here.

22:03Again, that reminds us, doesn't it,

22:05of another passage of Scripture.

22:06Do you remember when Abraham sent out his servant,

22:10I believe his name was Eliezer,

22:11to go looking for a wife for Isaac.

22:14And Eliezer gets over there, doesn't he?

22:15Explains his mission.

22:18And in fact,

22:19he's offered food and hospitality.

22:21But he said, no,

22:22won't take any of it

22:23until I've told you what's going on.

22:25I will not eat until.

22:27And in here, Samuel says,

22:30we will not sit down until he comes here.

22:32They were both servants of the Lord

22:33who took their duties very seriously.

22:37There's a question for us, isn't there?

22:39How seriously do we take the duties

22:42that the Lord gives us?

22:44Because we do have our own free will, don't we?

22:46We can paddle our own canoe

22:48and go off and do our own thing.

22:50And sometimes we choose to do that thing instead

22:52of what the Lord has given us to do.

22:57Putting everything else to one side,

23:01like eating and sitting,

23:04until we do our duty.

23:06Is that us?

23:06You know, when we feel the Lord

23:08has put something, a burden on our heart,

23:11is it our number one priority

23:12before we do anything else?

23:14Or in my case,

23:16do I think, I'll just check this on my phone?

23:18And before too long,

23:19you've been on your phone

23:20for like 25 minutes or something

23:22and been very distracted.

23:24It's very easy to do, isn't it?

23:25It might not be a phone.

23:26It might be something else.

23:27But we can be distracted from these things.

23:29Anyway, verse 12,

23:31drawing to a close here.

23:32Verse 12,

23:33David arrives

23:34and Samuel is instantly told,

23:40in verse 12,

23:41arise, anoint him,

23:42for this is he.

23:44Even though he's the youngest one,

23:47he's a ruddy appearance

23:50and a goodly countenance.

23:53So he really doesn't look like

23:56the warrior type

23:57that maybe Samuel had been anticipating.

24:01But being guided by the Lord,

24:03he does deliver on his duty

24:05and he anoints David

24:07in front of all of his brothers.

24:09All of his brothers.

24:11And we read in that passage,

24:15let's just have a quick look.

24:18There it is in verse 13.

24:21And Samuel took the horn of oil

24:23and anointed him

24:24in the midst of all his brethren.

24:25So it's very public as far,

24:27it was private,

24:27but it's very public

24:28as far as his brethren were concerned.

24:30They could see what was happening.

24:32And look what happens next.

24:34And it says,

24:34and the spirit of the Lord

24:35came upon David

24:37from that day forward.

24:39Now that's quite an incredible thing

24:41that we read there

24:43because I'm sure we're familiar

24:44with other parts of David's life.

24:46I don't think we ever read

24:48that the Lord took his spirit

24:49away from David

24:50and yet he managed

24:51to murder a few people,

24:53commit adultery,

24:55all sorts of things

24:56that he got up to it.

24:57And he's a man

24:58after God's own heart.

24:59And so I think

25:00what we can take from this

25:02in our own humanity

25:03is we probably know

25:05we've been up to no good

25:06at some stage,

25:07but the Lord can forgive us of that,

25:09even if it's very recent

25:10or maybe it's an old sin

25:12that we've not brought before the Lord,

25:14that God is faithful

25:15and just to forgive us

25:17our sins, isn't he?

25:17And so if there's anything

25:19on our hearts and minds

25:20that might be keeping us

25:22from serving the Lord,

25:23we read that if we regard

25:25iniquity in our hearts,

25:26we won't hear our prayers.

25:28So if there are things,

25:29then we can bring those.

25:30We can keep,

25:31what we're really instructed to do

25:32is to keep short accounts

25:34with God, isn't it?

25:35To bring these things before him.

25:38And yes, I find it fascinating.

25:40I mean, we read actively

25:41that the Lord not only

25:43took his spirit away from Saul,

25:45he even sent an evil spirit

25:46to him, didn't we?

25:47Didn't he?

25:48But we don't read that about David.

25:50David had the Holy Spirit,

25:52God's spirit with him

25:53from that day forth,

25:54even though we read

25:55of some of the other things

25:57that went on.

25:58And in fact,

25:59let's just sneak into the next passage

26:01just for one verse.

26:03But the spirit of the Lord

26:04departed from Saul

26:06and an evil spirit

26:08troubled him.

26:09An evil spirit

26:10from the Lord

26:11troubled him.

26:13That's verse 14.

26:15And then at the end

26:16of verse 13,

26:18we read that Samuel

26:20went to Ramah.

26:21That's the way this

26:22part of the passage closes.

26:24So as we close this,

26:27look at the initial part

26:29of the Bible's coverage

26:32of David,

26:33where he is chosen

26:34as king.

26:35And of course,

26:36there's lots of other things,

26:37isn't there?

26:37There's the battle

26:38with Goliath.

26:39There's the different times

26:43with Saul

26:44when Saul tries to kill him.

26:46There's David's divine mercy

26:48to Saul.

26:49There's David who goes

26:51and allies himself

26:52with King Achish of Gath,

26:54the same place

26:54that Goliath came from.

26:55There's all sorts of things

26:56that we can read about David.

26:58But this is the first part.

27:00He's chosen as king

27:02and we should be taking

27:04our example at this point

27:05from Samuel.

27:07Not in the sort of looking

27:08as man looks,

27:09but in the other parts

27:10that he did what he was told

27:12to do by God.

27:13He fulfilled the duty

27:14that he was given.

27:16So are we,

27:17A,

27:18looking to the Lord

27:19for his direction

27:21in our lives?

27:24That's the divine direction.

27:27Are we,

27:28B,

27:29trusting

27:30the Lord's divine decision?

27:33So when we go to the Lord

27:35and ask about something

27:36and we feel we've got an answer,

27:37do we trust it

27:38or do we think,

27:39oh, I was really hoping

27:40to hear this other thing?

27:42We need to trust

27:43the Lord's divine decision

27:44and C,

27:46are we determined

27:47in our own lives

27:48to deliver

27:50on God's divine duty

27:53for us?

27:54Amen.

27:54For thy word abideth

28:00and our footsteps guideth

28:05who with truth believeth

28:09light and joy receiveth

28:15who can tell the pleasure

28:20who recant the treasure

28:25by the Lord imparted

28:31to the simple-hearted.

28:36when the storms are o'er us

28:42and our clouds before us,

28:47then it's life directed

28:51and our way protecteth.

28:57when our foes are near us

29:03when thy word doth cheer us

29:08word of consolation

29:13message of salvation

29:18word of blessing

29:22word of blessing

29:24succour to the living

29:29word of life supplying

29:34comfort to the dying

29:40O that may descend

29:45O that may descending

29:47is most holy learning

29:51Lord, may love and fear Thee

29:57evermore beneath Thee

30:04of God

30:04hoes

30:04know

30:05with

30:05his

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