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David was a young man, probably in his late teens, when the prophet Samuel came to his father’s house to anoint the future king of Israel. When Samuel entered, he looked at Eliab, the oldest son and thought, “Surely this is the Lord’s anointed.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of the stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Seven sons passed before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these. Are these all the children?” Jesse answered, “There is the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep.” Samuel responded, “Send and bring him; we will not sit down until he comes.”

When David entered, Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him, and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.”

That was the day David received the promise that one day he would receive a crown. But it would be 12 long years before he would receive that crown. God’s promises are sure, and David stood on God’s promise without wavering.

The question of the hour is this; how do you walk in the path of God’s promises? Does it matter how you walk? It mattered to David, and it matters to God.

The path to the fulfilling of God’s promise in David’s life was filled with troubles and trials. King Saul had relentlessly pursued David out of jealousy and fear and insecurity, yet David refused to be against Saul. He was God’s anointed. God had made Saul the king and David would not take matters into his own hands; God would have to remove Saul Himself. What faith and what character; how you walk matters.

When you trust Jesus as Lord and Savior, you are also filled with the Holy Spirit, there is a Crown of Righteousness and more that God also promises you.

In the end, we know who wins. There may be troubles and trials along the way, but we know who wins!

Illus - At the end of the Super Bowl, the team that wins rejoices in jubilation; tears of joy running down their faces! They’re dancing and shouting; there will be rings for their fingers and their names will be written in the book of all who have won the great contest.

But look closer. Even in their shouting and dancing you can see that they’re battered and bruised, grass plastered on the helmets. It was an epic battle, but it was all worth it! They won in the end.

We also know how this story ends. The Son of Man will return at the end of the age and will set things right. He will rule and reign over the nations when he establishes his kingdom on the earth!

And for each one of us personally, when you receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, you know how your story ends!

How you walk on the path of God’s promises matters. God will build that which is beautiful in your character so that you can walk in the meaning and purpose of God’s favor on your life!

In these verses, David will be anointed king over the house of Judah and in chapter 5 he is anointed king over all Israel. The life lesson of David’s journey is the character and faith by which he walked the path of God’s promises. There is much to learn and apply to our lives from these verses.

I. Persevere – Don’t Grow Weary

 Verse 1 – “Then it came about afterwards…” That phrase captures a lot of history. It came about after what?

 It came about after David grew weary of running from Saul and said to himself, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul will despair of searching for me anymore and I will escape from his hand.”

 David was doing so well in his faith, but he grew weary because of the trouble relentlessly pursuing him. He went over to the land of the Philistines which brought him to the darkest hour of his life.

 There are many who can relate to growing weary in the relentlessness of life’s troubles. There are life lessons to take hold of from the story.


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