1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,160 All right, we are continuing our series on the life of David and 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,120 finally we get to finally talk about David, although he is just 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:23,480 a minor character in this story, but we we first meet David in a 4 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,000 job interview. One of the most important 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,920 questions you ask yourself is what kind of answers are they 6 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,080 looking for? The people interviewing you? 7 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,760 Because you can give the exact same answers and be seen 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,800 completely different, seen completely differently depending 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,880 on the interviewer. For example, when my wife 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,040 Christine was interviewing, she applied to two different school 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,600 districts, Hawthorne and Torrance, and she didn't have 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,400 direct school experience in the school system, but she took, she 13 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,400 put together like a pretty, in my opinion, pretty awesome 14 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,040 portfolio, like a physical portfolio. 15 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,640 And it it, you know, had her accomplishments, her work 16 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,080 experience and, and there was even a little section in the 17 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,600 back that even her time as a wedding planner, Hawthorne 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,040 really loved whatever she put together. 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,960 And, and she they hired her. And then later on her boss said, 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,240 you know, you didn't have any experience, but you have to 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,800 write tools. I knew I could, I could train 22 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,440 you. But Torrance, Christine said 23 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,760 that within the first couple of minutes, she knew they were 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,320 going to select her. Torrance was looking for 25 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:46,400 experience. So same person, same resume. 26 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,560 One saw her as the right candidate, the other didn't. 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,480 Why? Well, it all depends on what 28 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,000 they're looking for, right? You're looking for experience. 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,800 Are you looking for the right tools? 30 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:09,039 It really depended on that. Now, last week we was starting 31 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:13,280 on Saul, and largely it was about what God was not looking 32 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,160 for. But we are introduced to a 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,400 little sentence in one of the verses that highlights what God 34 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,400 was looking for. God is looking for a man after 35 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,080 his own heart, basically somebody with God's heart. 36 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,280 But that raises a question, what is God actually looking for? 37 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,720 What kind of heart does God value? 38 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,800 Because a man after his own heart could be a lot of things. 39 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:47,120 So unless we understand God's heart, we won't understand what 40 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,720 it means to go after it. And in today's passage, God 41 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:57,680 shows us in this passage at least a portion of the heart 42 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,400 that God is looking for. So that's a question we want to 43 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,080 answer today. How can we have a heart that is 44 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,400 after God's own heart? How can we have a heart that is 45 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:16,920 after God's own heart? Number one, stop trusting our or 46 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:20,480 appearance. We need a heart that is no 47 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,320 longer trusting in outward appearance only. 48 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,520 Let's read verses one through 12. 49 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,640 It is a lot of verses, so please try to pay attention and read 50 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:39,320 with me first Samuel chapter 16 verses one through 12. 51 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,560 The Lord said to Samuel, how long are you going to mourn for 52 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,240 Saul since I have rejected him as king over Israel? 53 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,760 Fill your horn with oil and gold. 54 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,120 I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have 55 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,200 selected for myself a king from his sons. 56 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,760 Samuel asked How can I go so I will hear about it and kill me? 57 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,680 The Lord answered, Take a young cow with you and say I have come 58 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,560 to sacrifice to the Lord. Then invite Jesse to the 59 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,520 sacrifice and I will let you know what you are to do. 60 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,680 You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you. 61 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,440 Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem. 62 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,840 When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, Do 63 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:30,120 you come in peace? In peace, he replied, I've come 64 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,720 to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come 65 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,160 with me to the sacrifice. Then he consecrated Jesse and 66 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,600 his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 67 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:43,440 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, Certainly the 68 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Lord's anointed 1 is here before him. 69 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,120 But the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at his appearance or 70 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,360 his stature, because I have rejected him. 71 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is 72 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,040 visible, but the Lord sees the heart. 73 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,480 Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. 74 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,480 The Lord hasn't chosen this one either, Samuel said. 75 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,680 Then Jesse presented Shama, but Samuel said the Lord hasn't 76 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:20,480 chosen this one either. After Jesse presented seven of 77 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,360 his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse the Lord hasn't chosen any 78 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,240 of these. Samuel asked him, Are these all 79 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,160 the sons you have? There is still the youngest, he 80 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,600 answered, But right now he's tending sheep. 81 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,400 Samuel told Jesse, send for him. We won't sit down to eat until 82 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,040 he gets here. So Jesse sent for him. 83 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,520 He had a beautiful eyes and a healthy, handsome appearance. 84 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:51,600 Then the Lord said, anoint him, for he is the one. 85 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,280 Now the youngest is not named, but of course we know that is 86 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:06,800 David, the to be second king of Israel, having a heart that is 87 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,680 after God's own heart begins with us stopping when we stop 88 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:20,000 trusting in what we can see in this story clearly, Samuel said, 89 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,800 aha, this guy is the one. This guy has to be the one. 90 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,080 He has the look, he's the oldest, the first born. 91 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:33,600 This guy has to be it. And the dad, Jesse, maybe he 92 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,080 didn't. We don't know that, you know, if 93 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,240 he felt like his first was the one, but he certainly felt like, 94 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,920 OK, well, it has to be within the first seven. 95 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:44,040 I'm sure there was a lot of work to do. 96 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,840 You have to dress them up, clean them up, prepare food and say, 97 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,960 you know what, David, it's too far away. 98 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,560 We got to go get him. He's probably smells like poop. 99 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,840 All right, the first seven, there's no way the 8th is will 100 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:01,720 be considered. And, and let's go back to verse 101 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:08,040 7. Samuel. 102 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,200 He already made this mistake with Saul. 103 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,080 Not that, you know, of course God told him to pick Saul, but 104 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:20,480 the mistake was that he was impressed by outside appearance. 105 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,880 In Chapter 9, verse 2, it's, you know, last week's passage or 106 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,760 it's one of the passages that we skip. 107 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,600 It says it describes Saul, right? 108 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:34,760 And it says Saul was more impressive than any other. 109 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,880 He was also the tallest. That is included in Saul's 110 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:46,200 description. And the verse 7 God says, OK, 111 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:47,880 you still haven't learned your lesson. 112 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,480 Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have 113 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,920 rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord 114 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,880 sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the 115 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:06,080 heart. So Samuel is corrected by the 116 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,600 Lord again. And then just a few verses later 117 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,160 we see Jesse making the same mistake in verse 11. 118 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:22,840 Next we we find out here, right? We don't know earlier, but it 119 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,520 says here, are these all the sons you have? 120 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,240 No, they're still the youngest. Jesse is making the same 121 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,120 mistake. Both Samuel and Jesse are 122 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,400 operating under the same assumption. 123 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:39,720 What looks impressive must be what matters most. 124 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,840 And this is not just their problem. 125 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,600 This is not like, oh, look at Jesse. 126 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,840 Look at Samuel. So shallow. 127 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 This is a human problem. This is our problem. 128 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,880 We value image, we value success. 129 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,080 We value charisma, influence gifting, We value looks. 130 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,040 Think of the people we hold in high regards. 131 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,640 People that are, you know, highest positions. 132 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,600 People who are famous celebrities, for the most part, 133 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,040 they have these outward characteristics. 134 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:26,560 Is it a coincidence that every president pretty much since the 135 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:33,040 TV era have been 6 feet or over? 510 is the shortest since then. 136 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,120 Donald Trump is 6. Three. 137 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,160 Look at all the actors. There are some short ones. 138 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,040 There are someones that are not good looking. 139 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,760 Jack Black is right around my height, a little bit chubbier 140 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,240 than me, but he's immensely talented. 141 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,040 He sings, he dances, he's funny, he's so talented, he writes 142 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,520 music. He has other outward 143 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,360 characteristics to make up for that. 144 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,840 For the most part, people who are famous are good looking and 145 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,920 tall. You could look it up. 146 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,640 CEO's are tall, pastors are tall, bigger churches are tall, 147 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,520 right? My height fits perfectly with 148 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,560 the size of our church, right? That's how they do a seminary. 149 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,280 All right? Tall ones, mega church, shorter 150 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,040 ones, small church. That's how they divide you up. 151 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,440 Although we may not never say this out loud, but there is 152 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,000 assumption that we kind of take it as fact. 153 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,320 What's visible is valuable in being impressive means they're 154 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,600 trustworthy. If they're successful, it means 155 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,560 they're godly. And this is not just the error 156 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:50,720 in judgement. This is not just, oops, I looked 157 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:56,000 at the outside again. What just what we've seen, Jesse 158 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,160 and Samuel, what we see in our lives. 159 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:04,600 It's not a mistake is idolatry because it means if we are 160 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:09,040 judging this way, it means we are building our identity on 161 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:15,280 what can be seen. If we live life assuming that 162 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,720 what's visible is what matters, then there are a few things that 163 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,240 might be true also true in your life. 164 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:29,240 If you believe that being impressive matters, then you're 165 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,480 going to live life thinking I have to stand out. 166 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,160 Look at my achievements, look at my kids, look at my wealth, look 167 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,480 where I am compared to others. Those things start to matter and 168 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,240 you have this false narrative saying, telling you if I look 169 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,840 successful, I'm OK, if people respect me, I'm secure. 170 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,440 If I'm impressive, then I have worth. 171 00:11:56,680 --> 00:12:00,600 And this is true for me as well. I might even say this is 172 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,160 especially true for me. About 10 years ago, I was guest 173 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,480 speaking at a church and afterwards the senior pastor 174 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,000 came to me. It was a mixed youth and maybe 175 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,520 young adults group. And the senior senior pastor 176 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,680 came to me afterwards to thank me for, for speaking at his 177 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:23,080 church, which is unusual. Usually senior pastor doesn't 178 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:24,720 care who speaks at the English service. 179 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,040 So I was like, oh, and I, you know, I said hi and he asked me 180 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,320 what church I went. I said was a church called South 181 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,720 Bay Michigan Church. He said, oh, who's the senior 182 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,480 pastor there? Now? 183 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,600 Of course, I could have said me, but that, you know, that makes 184 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,360 things awkward for him. So I just said, oh, yeah, we 185 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,960 have a senior pastor. I just say, yes, you look kind 186 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,640 of confused. And then he, he offered me a 187 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,760 job. He said, you know what? 188 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,320 There's an opening. If you're interested, you know, 189 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,080 you know, talk to me. I have a opening, a youth pastor 190 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,920 job. He offered me a job as a youth 191 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,200 pastor. Clearly he heard, he heard my 192 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:03,920 story, man. And he thought, ah, youth 193 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:12,560 pastor, I was very offended and I didn't even know why I left 194 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,920 thinking like, oh, like girls, like what a jerk. 195 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,720 Like I don't know why. I just did not feel OK. 196 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:24,520 And it didn't even hit me until way later that that moment 197 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:29,920 exposed something in me, exposed something in me that I didn't 198 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,360 want to just serve God. I also wanted to be someone 199 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:40,240 that's impressive because what was impressive about me at that 200 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,920 point of my life 10 years ago puts me at 35. 201 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:48,400 What, that I had a Church of maybe 40 people. 202 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:53,240 That I had a kind of a new car, but it's a minivan. 203 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:57,440 So no, that's not impressive that I was married with a couple 204 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,320 kids. The most things I had in my 205 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,920 life, most things I achieved, my grades, the school I went to, 206 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,280 the seminary, everything was just normal. 207 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,160 Nothing stood out. There was one thing that stood 208 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,720 out in my life at age 35. It was my job title, senior 209 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,720 pastor. When I told somebody that I was 210 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,520 a senior pastor, it was like, whoa already whoa. 211 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,920 And people were impressed. Now, of course, I did not start 212 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,360 this church. Let me be clear. 213 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,360 I did not start this church to have a job title, OK? 214 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:37,000 But when I did get the title, I experienced how people treated 215 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,280 me differently. It was the only thing that made 216 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,560 me stand out. And this pastor, he destroyed it 217 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,680 by saying I'm a youth pastor. That's why I was offended. 218 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,960 This is sinful. Someone messed up with myself 219 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:56,280 worth. That's why I was upset. 220 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,040 Someone indirectly told me that I was worth less. 221 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,960 And when we have this kind of identity that what's visible is 222 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,480 valuable, that being impressive or standing out is needed to 223 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:19,000 have worth, then it really effects all aspects of your 224 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,720 life. It affects how quickly develop 225 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,520 opinion on others. It also affects your decision 226 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,880 making. Like it affects who you date. 227 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,640 It affects who you choose to marry. 228 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:37,680 I don't know how many times people come to me, oh, I'm 229 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,800 seeing this guy or I'm seeing this girl. 230 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,000 Oh, you know, he has this job and he's hard working. 231 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,520 He's romantic. Well, I also ask like, OK, how 232 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,080 about does he have like a worn out Bible in his car? 233 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,240 Not because he bought a use, but because he read it so much. 234 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,240 Does he have faith in God? Does he serve? 235 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,320 It also effects church decisions. 236 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:06,640 If the majority of the church states value in what's visible, 237 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,680 then when we choose leaders, what happens? 238 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:16,880 We choose successful people. It's not a accident that the 239 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:21,560 vast majority of the people you take, the 5 richest people in 240 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:26,160 the church, they're usually the five elders of the church, are 241 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:31,880 pretty close to it. If you value these things, you 242 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,960 make decisions based on these things. 243 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,920 It affects how you parent you. You start raising your children 244 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,480 to have these external achievements. 245 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,720 When your child has something that makes them stick out in a 246 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:52,480 good way, of course, then we we praise them, we throw money at 247 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,240 it so that so that the child will stick out even more. 248 00:16:55,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Here's a tutor, here's a coach. And the child starts figuring 249 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,920 things out, catching on. The child says home. 250 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,520 If I'm better at something than other kids, then I have self 251 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,960 worth or even worse. Oh, my parents love me a lot 252 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,599 when I'm better, when I'm good at something. 253 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,760 It'll affect this. Idolatry effects all areas of 254 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:29,360 our life. OK, so this is God rejecting 255 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:33,040 what we naturally value. So this is what not to do. 256 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,240 But then how do we form this heart? 257 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:40,440 How do we actually form the kind of heart that He desires? 258 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:47,840 Which brings us to point #2 we must trust in God in times of 259 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,000 hidden seasons. And I'll explain what that 260 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,080 means. Let's read verse 13. 261 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,480 Really the second point is really 13 and beyond 13 until, 262 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,720 you know, next 10 chapters perhaps. 263 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,680 But we're not going to read 10 chapters, so we'll just read 264 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:13,520 verse 13. So Samuel took the horn of oil 265 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,560 and anointed him David in the presence of his brothers. 266 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,200 And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on David from that 267 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,440 day forward or that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to 268 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:36,840 Rama. God chooses who the seven sons 269 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,280 that was paraded in front of Samuel or the one that was in 270 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,120 that was hidden. The young teenager, the one that 271 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,640 smells like poop that the parents were probably hiding 272 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:53,960 from Samuel, the hidden 1 was chosen. 273 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,080 You may feel like you're uninvited, forgotten, 274 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,840 overlooked, but you are never unseen by God. 275 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,440 God gives his spirit to David. David gets anointed with oil by 276 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,520 Samuel to be the next king of Israel, and the Spirit of the 277 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:17,680 Lord comes upon David. If you never read First Samuel 278 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,200 before, if you never watched any movie or show about King David, 279 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,320 you would assume chapter 16, right? 280 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,000 A couple chapters before, right? Saul. 281 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,560 God, through Samuel, rejects Saul's kingship, right? 282 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,960 You're not going to be king. I'm going to pick somebody who's 283 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,760 after his own heart. In the next chapter we see we 284 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,240 meet David. He's anointed. 285 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,000 Logically, if you don't know, if you don't know the story, 286 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:50,920 chapter 17, we would expect, ah, we would expect David on the 287 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,360 throne. We're going to have a teenage 288 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,440 king. He's anointed by God. 289 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,200 The Spirit of God is with them and he's going to reign. 290 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:05,240 But that doesn't happen. Next chapter is David and 291 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,720 Goliath. Following chapter is other 292 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,880 things. He's in the King's court and 293 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:17,360 majority of chapters after that is David just running away 294 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:18,640 because Saul's trying to kill him. 295 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,600 David is around 15 or 16 at this age when he's anointed. 296 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:33,560 He does not become king until age 30, 14 or 15 years. 297 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:40,160 It takes for David to be king. Now why does God do this? 298 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,120 This is actually a pattern in the scriptures. 299 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,440 We noticed this, this pattern of blessing throughout the 300 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,960 scriptures. We think it's calling. 301 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,600 The Spirit of God came and boom, immediate fulfillment. 302 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,960 We think we get saved. Spirit of God comes, Holy 303 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,200 Spirit, boom, our life is perfect. 304 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,040 It's great, but that's not the formula that we see. 305 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:14,280 It's calling and then it's waiting, suffering, then 306 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,200 fulfillment. And during the waiting and 307 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,200 suffering, that's the time God forms us. 308 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:28,600 God forms us during the time of hiddenness, the time of waiting 309 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,640 where nothing is going on and sometimes even suffering. 310 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,800 Then we reach fulfillment. We just learned about Samuel's 311 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,680 mom Hannah a couple sermons ago. She had to suffer with 312 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,440 barrenness before all the blessings came. 313 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,440 She was taunted by arrival for years before the blessings came. 314 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,440 Moses the same way, 40 years in the palace, 40 years as a 315 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:00,760 shepherd, then God used him to rescue Israelites out of 316 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,680 slavery. We all want and expect immediate 317 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,120 blessing. We don't want any of the 318 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:11,520 formation stuff. We want to skip over the 319 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,480 waiting, the hiddenness, the suffering. 320 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,800 We just want something immediately. 321 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,040 But God does His real work in your heart. 322 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,920 God forms your heart, shapes your heart in that time of 323 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,280 hiddenness, waiting and suffering. 324 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,720 The truth is our hearts need to be formed. 325 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,640 It needs humility, it needs dependence. 326 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,880 Your heart needs to trust in God. 327 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,040 It needs to learn how to endure during hard times. 328 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,040 And how do you get these things is when you see God in those 329 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:58,320 time of hiddenness now of what David actually did during those 330 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,880 times where he was shepherding and, and all that. 331 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,720 We're going to talk about that a little bit more next week. 332 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:09,800 But in this passages today, we see evidence that his heart was 333 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,440 being formed the entire time, even though he was just 15. 334 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,120 That is, God was already working in his heart and he was already 335 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,360 being formed while being a lowly shepherd. 336 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:24,800 Let's move to 11 and 12 real quick slide before this. 337 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,960 Now let's think about this situation. 338 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,720 Samuel is a famous guy. He's the prophet of Israel. 339 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,080 You could say that he's more powerful even than the king. 340 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,600 Maybe in human eyes, king and the prophet, but in the 341 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,640 spiritual eyes, well, God tells the prophet what to do. 342 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:50,080 God fired fall through Samuel. So I would argue that Samuel is 343 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,800 perhaps the most powerful person in Israel, and that's why when 344 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,040 he shows up, people were very scared. 345 00:23:56,120 --> 00:24:01,560 Does he come to judge us? Anyway, Samuel comes, he's a 346 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:06,840 celebrity, He is famous. And then we know that there was 347 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,360 food. He says we won't sit down to 348 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:10,600 eat. OK, there's food. 349 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,320 I'm assuming the seven boys are wearing their best clothes. 350 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,080 They need to shower real quick. They're doing their hair. 351 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,960 Best food is provided. It's probably, like, looks like 352 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:30,400 a party. And then they're like, oh, OK, 353 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,040 it's not all of your sons, you know, bring your youngest boy. 354 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,400 And then David shows up. He's a teenager. 355 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,240 He might be just a year or so older than my older son. 356 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,720 He shows up working hard, shepherding all day, and then 357 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,120 there's this party and there's this awesome food that people 358 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:52,840 are eating. I guarantee you it was not 359 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,160 peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches. 360 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,840 It was best of what they had. It's the prophet Samuel. 361 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,200 Everyone's dressed up. Something great is going on. 362 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:07,000 What will be your reaction? If it was any of my kids? 363 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,240 Like, what's going on? You just eating all this good 364 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,640 food without me? That's not fair. 365 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,200 Like, it'll be all kinds of stuff going on. 366 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:21,440 But look at David's reaction verse 12. 367 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,560 So Jesse sent for him. It's a weird thing to say. 368 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,680 He had beautiful eyes and healthy handsome appearance. 369 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,840 Wait a minute, did it? Samuel just gave rebuked. 370 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,800 It's like a lie up. This guy is the one. 371 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,880 Look how tired always buff. This is the next king and God 372 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,920 rebuked him to not look at the our appearance. 373 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:48,400 God looks to the heart. David walks in. 374 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:55,800 What a handsome boy. So it was very confusing. 375 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,880 You would expect some kind of contrast, right? 376 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,520 That God, you know, like if it's that he looked despicable like 377 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:05,600 that would make more sense to me. 378 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,480 Oh, that makes sense. But he had beautiful eyes. 379 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,600 That's kind of weird thing to say anyway, but and he was 380 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:18,760 healthy and he was handsome. Now, I, I looked at many 381 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,040 commentaries and like, explain to me what, what the why, you 382 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,880 know, and, and there is really two schools of thought. 383 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,440 One is and I, I think both, both could be right or both could be 384 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,360 true at the same time. Actually, one is. 385 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,200 It's kind of like, well, this kid is good looking. 386 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,840 That kid is good looking. Why him over him? 387 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,600 Well, because God lives to the heart, not all good looking. 388 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,480 Both kids are created equal. It's kind of like that, that 389 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,160 kind of thought, right? Good looking, good looking. 390 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,920 Why him? Well, because he has the heart. 391 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:56,080 OK. Or it's describing David. 392 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:03,920 After he realizes that he was not invited, he walks in, 393 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,360 there's food, everyone's dressed up. 394 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,880 It looks really important. And he realizes, oh, all of this 395 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,080 was happening while I was working by myself. 396 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,600 Most 15 year olds will be mopey, whiny. 397 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:27,280 I knew you didn't love me, mom. But he had beautiful eyes. 398 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,040 It was mopey eyes. He, he had something about him 399 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:38,200 that still looked healthy. It was still describing his 400 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,960 physical features, but despite the situation, he looked 401 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,640 healthy. What does this mean? 402 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:57,520 It means David, in the years that he was shepherding, 403 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,240 remember that's the lowest of jobs. 404 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,200 His brothers probably have better jobs. 405 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,320 It's usually given to the youngest, the lowest. 406 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:13,440 In those times, David learned how to be content without 407 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,960 recognition. He learned how to be happy, 408 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,480 fulfilled while being considered the lowest. 409 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:28,160 He was OK with that. This is evidence that David 410 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,720 learned to trust God without affirmation. 411 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,600 To me, it's evidence that they was. 412 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,440 David was able to find an identity in God apart from 413 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,840 status. His status was lowest in the 414 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,280 family. He was able to still find 415 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,840 identity. Some of us are in that season 416 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:56,480 now, the season of David tending sheep while everyone else is 417 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,800 having a party with Samuel. You feel overlooked. 418 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,920 You feel stuck, you feel like people are just passing you by. 419 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,160 You feel like nothing is happening. 420 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,440 It's just a grind. Work, come home, work, come 421 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:13,920 home. It's just a grind. 422 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,240 Just seems like everyone else's life is a party and yours is 423 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:27,160 not. We all have those seasons and 424 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:32,600 this passage is reminding us. God is not ignoring you, He is 425 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:38,040 forming you. Your hidden season should not be 426 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:39,880 wasted. It is not pointless. 427 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,640 It is not meaningless. God wants to form you in that 428 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,680 season. He wants you to find your 429 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,920 identity apart from your achievements. 430 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,880 He doesn't want you. He doesn't want you to live life 431 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,600 trying to stand out to find worth. 432 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,480 He wants you to be content because you have God. 433 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,680 He wants you to trust in God even when life is not going your 434 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:17,450 way. As I end this sermon, I don't 435 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:22,370 want you to go home and think, OK, fall is the bad heart. 436 00:30:22,370 --> 00:30:24,530 David is the good heart. All right, be like David. 437 00:30:24,530 --> 00:30:27,450 Let's go. That's not that's not it. 438 00:30:28,810 --> 00:30:33,680 Because if you know David's story, he also his heart does 439 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,080 not remain somebody who's after God's heart forever. 440 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,760 We all have a sinful heart and always wants to turn the wrong 441 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,880 way. The point is not go home and fix 442 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,640 yourself and come back with a good heart. 443 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,440 The point is our hearts are always wrong and we cannot fix 444 00:30:54,440 --> 00:31:00,640 ourselves. What we need is someone to 445 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:06,040 rescue us from this heart. What we need is a better king 446 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,680 than King David. We need the King of kings. 447 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,520 We need Jesus Christ. We need a king who doesn't just 448 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:19,840 evaluate our hearts, but we need a king that rescues our hearts. 449 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:27,320 We need the King of kings. We must trust the King of Kings 450 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,840 who has the perfect heart. Jesus lived the perfect life we 451 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,600 couldn't and He died for our sinful hearts. 452 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,040 And through Jesus Christ, what He has accomplished on the 453 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,760 cross, we are able to have a new heart. 454 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:49,160 Does that mean we are perfect? No, but what that does is we it 455 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:54,960 gives us the right to come back to God anytime and repent. 456 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,280 Our hearts are renewed. It could be renewed daily, 457 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,680 anytime, because the work has already been done. 458 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,200 The perfect work has already been accomplished for you. 459 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,760 You can go to your God anytime. Main point. 460 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:18,280 A heart after God's own heart is formed when we stop trusting and 461 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,280 what we see and trust God to shape us. 462 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,400 Let's pray.