The Life of David: Gods Misfit

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The Life of DavidGods Misfit

• By Chuck Swanson
• Dean of Spiritual Formation

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Personal Reflection

• How often do you feel like a misfit and go
  unnoticed by people?

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Video Clip

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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I Samuel 161-13

• 16 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.

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Anointing a King

• The Process of Anointing a King
• A sign of Gods selection of a person
• God obligates himself to the king
• Oil a symbol of the power and presence of the
  Spirit

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Samuels Fear

• 2 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.
• Sauls Reputation

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The Fear of Samuel

• 4 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?
• Why were they afraid of Samuel?

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The Fear of Samuel

• I Samuel 12 16 Now then, stand still and see
  this great thing the Lord is about to do before
  your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat harvest now? I
  will call upon the Lord to send thunder and rain.
  And you will realize what an evil thing you did
  in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a
  king. 18 Then Samuel called upon the Lord, and
  that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So
  all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of
  Samuel. 19 The people all said to Samuel, Pray
  to the Lord your God for your servants so that we
  will not die, for we have added to all our other
  sins the evil of asking for a king.

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The Fear of Samuel

• Political Concerns Samuel is the King-Maker

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Samuels Assurrance

• 5 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.

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Selecting a King

• 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and
  thought, Surely the Lords anointed stands here
  before the Lord. 7 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.

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I Samuel 1314

• 14 But now your kingdom will not endure the Lord
  has sought out a man after his own heart and
  appointed him leader of his people, because you
  have not kept the Lords command.

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Personal Reflection

• Have you ever been disappointed because you were
  attracted to the appearance of something/someone?
• Have you ever underestimated someone because of
  their appearance?
• Personal Story Thad Walker/Zana Taylor
• What does God seek in the hearts of his servants?
• What are you doing to cultivate your heart so
  that it is pleasing to God?

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Selecting a King

• 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in
  front of Samuel. But Samuel said, The Lord has
  not chosen this one either. 9 Jesse then had
  Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, Nor has the
  Lord chosen this one. 10 Jesse had seven of his
  sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him,
  The Lord has not chosen these.

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Gods Misfit

• 11 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.
• Tension in the Story

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The King Identified

• 12 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. 13 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.

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Conclusion

• Concluding Thoughts