Pastor Chris Enoch - November 20, 2016
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Scriptures:
1 Samuel 16:-3
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn
for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with
oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen
one of his sons to be king."
But Samuel said, “How can I go? Saul
will hear about it and kill me.”
The Lord said, “Take a heifer with
you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3 Invite Jesse to the
sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I
indicate.”
Samuel did what the Lord said. When
he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him.
They asked, “Do you come in peace?”
Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I
have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the
sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to
the sacrifice.
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab
and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not
consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does
not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but
the Lord looks at the heart.”
Then Jesse called Abinadab and had
him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one
either.” Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the Lord
chosen this one.” Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel
said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.” So he asked Jesse, “Are these all
the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse
answered, “but he is tending the sheep.”
Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he
arrives.”
So he sent and had him brought in. He
was ruddy, with a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the Lord said,
“Rise and anoint him; he is the one.”
So Samuel took the horn of oil and
anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit
of the Lord came upon David in power. Samuel then went to Ramah.
Psalm 78:70-72
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep
pens; from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people
Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. And David shepherded them with integrity of
heart; with skillful hands he led them.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Brothers,
think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human
standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God
chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak
things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this
world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things
that are, so that no one may boast before him.
