1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 First Samuel, first Samuel, chapter number. 2 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:16,620 Somebody told me their favorite place, 3 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:17,880 I got interested and then I said, 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:18,820 well what's your favorite kind? 5 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:20,720 And he said Hawaiian pizza and I said, 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,280 I don't trust you at all. 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,480 Who likes Hawaiian pizza? 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,480 Yeah, you guys are weird. You don't put fruit on a pizza? 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:33,000 What are you doing? 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,760 I don't know what's gotten into you people. 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,480 My wife said that when she went to Thailand, 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:44,600 that they tried to make, 13 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,760 they thought of pizza as American, 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,280 which is like, it's Italian, right? 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:49,360 But they thought it was American 16 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,900 and they like wanted to make it even more like American. 17 00:00:52,900 --> 00:00:55,400 So they put in the crust, they stuffed the crust, 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,160 but they stuffed it with hot dogs. 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,960 Yeah, I'm a little bit offended at that. 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,880 Like that's what they think we're like, you know? 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,580 It's like, all the Americans, 22 00:01:06,580 --> 00:01:09,660 they like anything that makes them chubby. 23 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:16,040 So I'm excited about, okay, 24 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,320 tell me your favorite pizza place, ready? 25 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,440 One, two, three. 26 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:23,440 Me too, me too. 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,440 And what's your favorite flavor, ready? 28 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:36,960 Me too, so it's getting out of control, okay. 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,840 I heard today from in the teen event 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,840 that Pastor Miles doesn't like cheese. 31 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,080 I know. 32 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,720 But I also heard that he does like pizza. 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,120 Now explain that to me. 34 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,280 They're not different. 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,800 Cheese is pizza's greatest platform. 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,440 No, wait, pizza is cheese's greatest platform. 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,280 That's what I meant. 38 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,640 So I don't, you make no sense to me. 39 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:08,480 Okay. 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Kids nowadays, you know? 41 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,240 So we're in first Samuel chapter 16. 42 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,440 I remember distinctly being about nine years old 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,480 and my dad had taken a church. 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,720 And like I've told you before, there was just roughly, 45 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,880 I think 19 people voted on him, 15, 18 people voted on him. 46 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:37,840 So very, very small. 47 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,920 We had come from a church that ran about 250, 300 people. 48 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:44,160 So a church not unlike our church. 49 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,160 And there weren't very many kids 50 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,640 and it was just very, very small. 51 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:49,360 And my brother and I would come 52 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,680 and I remember having moments where like, 53 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,480 there was one, I remember being, it was a Wednesday night. 54 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:56,680 I remember it being a Wednesday night 55 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,800 because I wasn't wearing a tie. 56 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,840 And I was, I had, there's another kid next to me. 57 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,760 It may have been Corey. 58 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,880 I don't know, there wasn't that many kids. 59 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,560 I don't think it was Corey. 60 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,720 But I was talking and my dad was preaching 61 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,080 and from the pulpit he goes, Benjamin. 62 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,520 And I was like, oh. 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,840 Like it was, I knew exactly what was gonna happen 64 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:19,680 when I got home. 65 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:20,720 It was not good. 66 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:26,920 But I remember asking my dad on the way home, 67 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,440 dad like, there's no kids. 68 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,240 Like there's no, I don't have any friends. 69 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,600 At our last church we had all these friends. 70 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:33,440 I don't have any friends. 71 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,280 There's no kids. 72 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,320 There's no, nobody our age or whatever. 73 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,720 And I remember my dad telling me, 74 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,760 don't worry son, they're coming. 75 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:41,600 They're gonna come. 76 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,760 We're gonna reach them. 77 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,080 And that's exactly what happened. 78 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,080 Some of my best friends in the world 79 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,760 are people that came to that church over those years 80 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,240 and God grew the church. 81 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,400 But I remember worrying about, 82 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,520 are we gonna have any people, right? 83 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,440 These past couple of years being a pastor here 84 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,320 has been such a joy. 85 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,880 And I'm so grateful to be here. 86 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,600 I'm grateful for the opportunity to be your pastor 87 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,400 and to do ministry and life with you all. 88 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,920 And it's just been amazing. 89 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,000 I also want you to know that I'm thrilled to death 90 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,440 that God has brought Corey and Jessica Kirchner here. 91 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:23,200 They are people that God has used and are using. 92 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,440 And I believe that as they continue to be faithful to God 93 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,120 he's gonna use them mightily in the future. 94 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,600 I also believe that about Miles and Anna. 95 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:31,960 I thank God's using them. 96 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,120 And they're having such an effective ministry here 97 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,320 as Corey and Jess are. 98 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,800 And I'm very thankful that God's brought them here. 99 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,080 I was talking to a friend this afternoon 100 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,920 who last week was announced to have officially taken over 101 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,800 some of the outreach duties at the last church 102 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,640 that I came from. 103 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,520 And I think I've told you this, 104 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,760 when I first got to that church 105 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,960 I knew that I wasn't necessarily gonna be there forever. 106 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,240 And so my prayer was that God would provide someone 107 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,880 to replace me when I left. 108 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,320 And that kind of officially happened last week. 109 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,080 And I was just so thrilled. 110 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,120 I was crying because the God answered 111 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,080 a six or seven year prayer. 112 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,200 You ever have that happen? 113 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,800 It's just an amazing thing. 114 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,880 So I say all that to say this, 115 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,440 ministry takes leadership, 116 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,000 ministry takes effort, 117 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,320 ministry takes energy. 118 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,040 And all of these things that I'm talking to you about tonight 119 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,760 I remember when I first got here 120 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,600 knowing that Pastor Herb and Miss Judy 121 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,360 they were getting ready to leave. 122 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:39,880 I knew that they weren't long for us. 123 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,520 And I knew that we needed to hire at least one, 124 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,680 maybe two people. 125 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,680 And I had no idea exactly who that was gonna be. 126 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,840 In fact, the guys that I thought it was gonna be 127 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,240 ended up, I thought for sure they were gonna be those guys 128 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,440 and they ended up both saying no. 129 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,600 And they're God directed. 130 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,280 Aren't you glad that God directs? 131 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:01,800 And so I was like, well, who's gonna be? 132 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,400 And then God provided these two guys. 133 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,400 And one of the guys I thought was gonna be there 134 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,440 is the guy that just got with the answer to the prayer. 135 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,960 And I was asked my problem. 136 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,720 He said no to me and praise the Lord. 137 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,560 He said no because he's there still 138 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:15,520 and God's using them. 139 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,440 And I'm just really, really grateful for all of that. 140 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,600 I had the task of hiring staff 141 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,240 to help us fulfill our commission here. 142 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,240 And I wasn't exactly sure who I would get 143 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:27,840 and how I would get them. 144 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:29,000 And I knew that in the long term. 145 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,320 I'd love to see God raise up. 146 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,640 I know this that in the long term 147 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,560 I wanna see God raise up people from among our church 148 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,400 to be discipled and grow into leadership 149 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,160 both here and around the world. 150 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,920 But I say all of this to say, 151 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,680 I give you all of that information to tell you this. 152 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,320 God's got a plan. 153 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,280 God always has a plan. 154 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,120 And sometimes we worry, oh no God, 155 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:52,960 what are you gonna do? 156 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:53,920 Who are you gonna provide? 157 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,040 How are we gonna do this? 158 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,120 And that's not just true of staff positions. 159 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,800 It's true of every important, great commission task 160 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,160 that we have in this place. 161 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,520 Here's how I look at all of you. 162 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,480 I believe all of you that know Jesus 163 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,320 and are a part of our church are in full-time ministry. 164 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:11,440 There's not like some special set of people 165 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,240 who are particularly more used by God necessarily. 166 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,080 I believe that all of us are called to be ministers. 167 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,120 Do you guys agree with me on that? 168 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,360 I believe that with all my heart. 169 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,480 And there are times that we're looking, 170 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,880 okay man, we need this position or that position. 171 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,320 We need someone to help in this area or that area. 172 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,200 And sometimes as a pastor I get worried. 173 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,480 Who are we gonna have? 174 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:38,360 Who's gonna do it? 175 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,360 Who's gonna step up? 176 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,520 And you know what God provides? 177 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:42,820 He really does. 178 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,400 There have been times where I have panicked 179 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:47,720 and asked the question, God, 180 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,600 who are you going to provide for this ministry, 181 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,440 that ministry? 182 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,040 Who do we have to help? 183 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,040 Who are you going to raise up to lead? 184 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:56,880 And if you aim at sending people, 185 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,000 sometimes you send people and you're like, 186 00:07:59,000 --> 00:07:59,960 oh no, we just sent them. 187 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:00,920 And now who's gonna do it? 188 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,640 And I thought they were sent. 189 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,000 But God's gonna always raise those people up. 190 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,720 While we impact the answer to that 191 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,820 through faithful obedience to reach, teach, and minister, 192 00:08:10,820 --> 00:08:14,040 God always has a plan. 193 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,600 And this was the question that was fresh 194 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,600 in the heart of Samuel 195 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,720 when we get to first Samuel chapter 16. 196 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,160 We're doing a series on David. 197 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,720 And to help you understand who David is, 198 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,560 we kind of got to start out with who Samuel and Saul is. 199 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:39,080 Saul was the first king, as you know, of Israel. 200 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,480 Up until the time of Saul, 201 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:48,480 God had directed with his people, it was a theocracy. 202 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,440 He led his people through chosen prophets, 203 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,040 through judges, they went through Joshua and Moses 204 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,800 and judges and then it got to the place 205 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,640 where the people wanted a king. 206 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,400 And God, if Samuel, it was so interesting, 207 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,680 Samuel says, hey, you know what a king's gonna do? 208 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:12,880 A king's gonna use your sons for soldiers, 209 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,720 he's gonna use your daughters, he's gonna tax you. 210 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,960 Who agrees, politicians tend to tax. 211 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,800 He's gonna take your money, but they wanted a king. 212 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,240 Like all the other nations, 213 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,200 because it was going so well for all those other nations, 214 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,720 we want a king. 215 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,280 And so there was a king, it was named with Saul, 216 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:35,080 he, Saul was this king and they said something notable 217 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,120 about him, they said that he was, 218 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,640 what did they notice about him? 219 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,760 He was a good looking guy, he was tall, 220 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,160 he was, the Bible says, head and shoulders 221 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,960 above all the rest. 222 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,960 And so that's who they ended up choosing to be the king. 223 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,600 But what's interesting is Saul, 224 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:02,320 to catch us up to where we're gonna talk about David tonight, 225 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,480 Saul started making a bunch of bad decisions. 226 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,560 If you look at First Samuel chapter 13, 227 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:10,200 and you look at verses eight to 13. 228 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:15,200 And so, God very clearly did not want to have a mixture 229 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,680 of prophet, priest and king. 230 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,400 Prophet, priest and king is described as two people 231 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:40,400 in the whole of the word of God, Melchizedek and Jesus. 232 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:45,720 And Saul, who was the king, got impatient because Samuel, 233 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,440 the prophet was supposed to come to do sacrifices, 234 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,840 and he wasn't there when Saul wanted him to be there, 235 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,000 so Saul began to make sacrifices 236 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,320 and that was a great sin towards God. 237 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,560 That happened in Samuel chapter, 238 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:01,240 First Samuel chapter 13. 239 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:06,240 And First Samuel chapter 14, Saul made this really dumb oath 240 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,320 and put the son of Jonathan, his son at Jeopardy. 241 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,080 He oathed something, he made a promise 242 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:18,080 that put Jonathan at risk because of what he promised to do 243 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,520 and that was a very dumb idea. 244 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,800 And when we get to First Samuel chapter 15, 245 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,320 it's like 13 dumb idea, sinful idea. 246 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,480 See, sin makes you stupid, right? 247 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,520 So First Samuel 13, he makes a stupid, 248 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:34,560 sinful mistake. 249 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,520 In chapter 14, he makes that rash vow. 250 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:42,520 In chapter 15, God saw something very, very clear. 251 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,640 Samuel also sent a Saul, the Lord sent me to anoint thee 252 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,200 to be king over his people over Israel. 253 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,400 Now therefore, hearken to the voice of the words of the Lord, 254 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,320 thus saith the Lord of hosts. 255 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,920 I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, 256 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,080 how he laid weight for him in the way 257 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,120 when he came up from Egypt. 258 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,560 Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have 259 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:07,160 and spare them not but slay both man and woman, 260 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,280 infant and suckling oxen sheep, camel and ass. 261 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,680 So God, clear command, right? 262 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:18,680 How are they supposed to defeat the Amalekites? 263 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,600 Total destruction. 264 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,120 By the way, God is an arbitrary when he does that. 265 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,280 Some people have used this particular verse 266 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,880 and other verses like that to say, God's unjust, right? 267 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,360 God's a big meanie, he's trying to kill everybody. 268 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,560 But God is an arbitrary, these people had done, 269 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:42,000 this is judgment on the kind of things that they had done. 270 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,720 And so God gave very, very clear commands to Saul. 271 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:47,560 But what does Saul do? 272 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:48,760 Look at verse nine. 273 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,080 But Saul and the people spared Agag, 274 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,280 that's the king of the Amalekites. 275 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,440 Let's go back to verse 18 and he took Agag, 276 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,880 the king of the Amalekites alive 277 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,120 and utterly destroyed all the people 278 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,960 with the edge of the sword. 279 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,940 So he did partial obedience. 280 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,920 And I'm gonna tell you what my parents told me 281 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,960 and what I need on recorder with my kids, right? 282 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,000 Partial obedience is what kind of obedience? 283 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,320 Disobedience, it's disobedience. 284 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,440 And so it says here that Saul spared Agag, 285 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,520 the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, 286 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:26,840 and the lambs and all that was good 287 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,400 and would not utterly destroy them, 288 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,200 but everything that was violent referees, 289 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,960 that they destroyed utterly. 290 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,920 Basically he says, God doesn't make sense 291 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,840 that God would have me destroy everything. 292 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,500 I'm gonna keep the valuable parts. 293 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,320 The king I can use for leverage, 294 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,000 these animals, why would we kill them? 295 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,080 That's good meat, amen? 296 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,240 That's good meat, like why would we do that? 297 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,880 So then here comes Samuel, verse 10. 298 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,920 And then the word of the Lord came into Samuel saying, 299 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,920 it repented me that I have set up Saul to be king. 300 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,680 For he has turned back from following me 301 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,360 and hath not performed my commandments. 302 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,080 And it grieves Samuel and he cried unto the Lord at night. 303 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,280 Is Samuel upset? 304 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,320 What's Samuel upset about? 305 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,280 I just got this king started. 306 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,160 We just did orientation, right? 307 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,880 And now I told these people, why are you wanting a king? 308 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,400 The kings are just gonna be problems. 309 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,480 And here it is, we got a king 310 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:34,480 and he keeps making all of these sinful choices. 311 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,520 And how long was Samuel up? 312 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,120 He's off all night. 313 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,000 Is he worried? 314 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Yeah, he's worried. 315 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 And then here comes Samuel. 316 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,200 Verse 12, and when Samuel rose early 317 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,240 to meet Saul in the morning, 318 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,600 it was told Samuel saying, Saul came to Carmel 319 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,080 and behold, he set him up a place 320 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,120 and has gone about and passed on and gone down to Gilgal. 321 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,200 And Samuel came to Saul and Saul said to him, 322 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,940 this is Saul telling Samuel, you know, it's like, 323 00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:05,000 okay, I know I did wrong. 324 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,640 I'm gonna, here we go. 325 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,440 Blessed be thou of the Lord, 326 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,880 I have performed the commandment of the Lord. 327 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,960 And Samuel said, what's true? 328 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,640 He had disobeyed. 329 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,960 Partial obedience is disobedience. 330 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,560 And Samuel said, oh, you did, did you? 331 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,600 What mean is then this bleeding of the sheep in my ears? 332 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,440 And the lo, you guys don't like my sheep? 333 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,440 That's pretty good. 334 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,520 And the lowing of cattle, can anybody give me 335 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:43,520 a lowing of cattle? That's pretty, that's awful. 336 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:44,640 You did not do good. 337 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,480 Okay. 338 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,040 And the lowing of oxen, which I hear, 339 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,000 and Saul said, they have brought them from the Amalekites 340 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,840 for the people, for the people spared the best 341 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,560 of the sheep in the oxen to sacrifice unto the Lord, 342 00:15:58,560 --> 00:15:59,400 thy God. 343 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,280 What did he just say? 344 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,360 Did he keep the sheep and the animals 345 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,440 to sacrifice? No. 346 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,880 And who made the choice? Was it the people? 347 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,880 It was Saul. 348 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,680 Now that you're standing in front of the teacher, 349 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,480 here comes the excuses, right? 350 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,600 We kept the best of the sheep, the oxen, 351 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,160 to sacrifice unto the Lord, thy God, 352 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,400 and the rest, we have utterly destroyed. 353 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,440 Then Samuel said unto the Saul, 354 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,480 stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said 355 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,320 to me this night. 356 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,400 And he said unto him, say on. 357 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,720 And Samuel said, when thou was little in thine own sight, 358 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,280 was thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, 359 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,880 and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel. 360 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,400 You know what he's asking? 361 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,560 Back when you were humble, 362 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,320 back when you didn't think a lot of yourself, 363 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,320 that's when God anointed you. 364 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,560 That's when God set you to be king over all these people. 365 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,160 Where is it? 366 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:03,000 Verse 18. 367 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,480 The Lord sent thee on a journey and said, 368 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,000 go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, 369 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,720 and fight against them until they be consumed. 370 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,920 Wherefore then, this thou not obey the Lord, 371 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,920 the voice of the Lord, but disfly upon the spoil, 372 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,600 and disevil in the sight of the Lord. 373 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,080 And Saul said unto Samuel, 374 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,520 yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, 375 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,040 and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, 376 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,800 and have brought agag the king of the Amalekites, 377 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,200 and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 378 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,840 But the people, who's he blaming? 379 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,760 Yeah, but the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen. 380 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,520 The chief of the things which should have been 381 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,560 utterly destroyed to sacrifice, 382 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,280 unto the Lord thy God and Gilgall. 383 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,640 And Samuel said, 384 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,640 hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings 385 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,600 and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord. 386 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,680 Behold, here it is, 387 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,360 to obey is better than sacrifice, 388 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,720 and to hearken than the fat of rams. 389 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,080 Saul's not admitting that he did wrong, right? 390 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,800 He's trying to say, no, I did right, I obeyed. 391 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,920 But partial obedience is disobedience. 392 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,160 He doesn't get it. 393 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,320 Samuel keeps coming at him, keeps coming at him. 394 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:26,320 Look down, look down at verse number 24. 395 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,680 And Saul said to Samuel, I have, 396 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,360 so finally he admits it, I've sinned, 397 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:34,000 for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord 398 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,720 in thy words because I feared the people. 399 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,040 No, you blame the people. 400 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,600 I feared the people and their voice. 401 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,720 Now therefore I pray the pardon my sin 402 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,200 and turn again with me that I may worship the Lord. 403 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,040 You know what he's asking him? 404 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:48,920 Fine. 405 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,280 I'm sorry. 406 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,320 Anybody ever tell you you're sorry like that? 407 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,240 You did this to me, I'm sorry. 408 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,760 Are you really sorry? 409 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,640 I don't feel like you're sorry. 410 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:03,480 I'm sorry. 411 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:04,320 What do you want me to say? 412 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:05,840 I'm sorry. 413 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,400 Could you just go with me? 414 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,840 Could we just cover this thing up? 415 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,600 Let's just go worship together. 416 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,200 Let's just look at Samuel's response. 417 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,680 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with thee. 418 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,760 For thou hast rejected the word of the Lord 419 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:25,760 and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 420 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,680 And as Samuel turned about to go away, 421 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:32,680 he laid upon the skirt of his mantle and it rents. 422 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,760 So Samuel leaves and it catches and it rips his mantle. 423 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,240 Verse 28, and Samuel said unto him, 424 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,680 the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day. 425 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,240 You want a visual, here's the visual. 426 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,800 And hath given it to the neighbor of thine 427 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,480 that is better than thou. 428 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,040 And also the strength of visual will not lie nor repent 429 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,400 for he is not a man that he should repent. 430 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,720 Who's the strength of Israel? 431 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,640 God, the Lord. 432 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,800 Verse 30, then he said, I have sinned and yet honor me now. 433 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,160 I pray thee, this is Saul saying to Samuel, 434 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,200 can you just cover this up? 435 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,340 I'm sorry, this time I'm really sorry. 436 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:17,160 Now that the punishment is there, 437 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,400 now that I'm gonna be taken away as king, 438 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,080 all of a sudden I feel sincere. 439 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,800 I'm sorry, can you just go with me? 440 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,360 Before the elders of the people and before Israel 441 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,680 and turn again with me that I may worship the Lord thy God. 442 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:34,240 Of course, Samuel says no. 443 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,920 Verse 35, Samuel came no more to see Saul 444 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,760 until the day of his death. 445 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Nevertheless, Samuel, what does it say? 446 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,480 Morned over Saul. 447 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,040 Samuel's the prophet, Samuel's the one that goes 448 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,040 from God to the people. 449 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,240 He's the one that was used to anoint kings. 450 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,720 This is kind of a new rule for a prophet. 451 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,400 And he's the person that's supposed to speak 452 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,200 on behalf of God to the king. 453 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,240 The king's been rejected by God and now Samuel 454 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,080 doesn't go to the king anymore because God saw 455 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,920 because God's rejected him as king. 456 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:15,040 And he's upset, but it says here that he mourned for Saul. 457 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,280 And the Lord repented that he had made King Saul 458 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,280 king over Israel. 459 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,720 So Samuel finds himself in a tough place. 460 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,080 He's, Samuel realizes there's this king Saul, 461 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,400 God's rejected him king. 462 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,320 He's told him, he's rejected him as king. 463 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,320 And he's told him, hey, there's gonna be somebody else 464 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,440 that replaces you as king. 465 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,960 Saul knows that, but guess what? 466 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,960 Saul is still the, he's still the king. 467 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,960 Saul and his line are rejected. 468 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,580 So what's there to be done? 469 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,920 He's mourning because now there needs to be a new king. 470 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,240 There needs to be a new leader, but who's it gonna be? 471 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,520 We just got this guy started. 472 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:58,920 How is this gonna work out? 473 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,680 God, I'm so worried, I'm so confused, I'm so scared. 474 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,760 I'm so sad about what's going on. 475 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,800 So here's the question for us tonight. 476 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,860 How do we respond when we need a leader? 477 00:22:13,860 --> 00:22:18,860 How do we, what do we do when we have a big need 478 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,280 and we do not know how it's gonna work out? 479 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,400 How does God respond? 480 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,800 Well, just a couple of things. 481 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,200 Here's a contrast, these three points I'm gonna give you, 482 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,080 four points tonight, are a contrast between how man 483 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,040 responds and how God responds. 484 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:37,840 Which one are we supposed to do? 485 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:38,920 Which one are we supposed to mimic? 486 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,840 The way man responds or God responds? 487 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,760 God, amen, that's it. 488 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,680 Let's look at how man responds and how God responds. 489 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,480 Number one, man panics God provides. 490 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,560 Man panics God provides. 491 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,640 Look at verse one. 492 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,440 So now before you do, back in verse, 493 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,360 what verse was the last one there? 494 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:07,360 Back in verse 35, what's Samuel doing? 495 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,480 He's mourning, right? 496 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,160 Okay, look at verse one. 497 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,720 And the Lord said unto Samuel, 498 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,520 how long without mourn for Saul, 499 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,600 see him and I have rejected him over reigning over Israel? 500 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,600 Are you gonna just stay depressed? 501 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,840 He's not the solution. 502 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,760 I'm the solution, that's what he's saying. 503 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,400 Are you worried? 504 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,320 I've rejected him, stop mourning over him. 505 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,640 Fill thy horn with oil, what does that mean? 506 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:47,240 He's got a horn, some kind of thing that's full of oil, 507 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:52,240 and the oil is what was used to anoint the king. 508 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,560 So he's saying fill thy horn with oil and go, 509 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:02,200 I will send thee to Jesse the Bethelomite, 510 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,600 for I provided me a king among his sons. 511 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:11,440 Can I just tell you, in times where we panic, 512 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,560 we don't have to panic, 513 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,360 because God knows what he's doing. 514 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:17,560 God knows what he's doing. 515 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,800 He has a plan in place. 516 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,720 We do not thwart the plans and purposes of God. 517 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,000 We can disobey God, no doubt, right? 518 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,640 Who agrees with me, we can disobey God, we can. 519 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,440 But when we disobey, that doesn't thwart the plan of God. 520 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:40,440 When we do wrong, that doesn't, it's not good for us, 521 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,600 but God's gonna get his stuff done. 522 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,000 He gets what he wants done to accomplish. 523 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,760 When a man or woman of God fails, nothing of God fails. 524 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,720 So he says get up and go, verse two, 525 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,720 and you can almost, we read between the lines here, okay? 526 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,400 So this is my thought process. 527 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,960 Has this ever happened to you? 528 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,800 God leads you in a certain way or a certain direction, 529 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,600 or you read a passage in the scripture, says, 530 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,440 okay, if that happens, the Bible tells me 531 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,600 what I'm supposed to do. 532 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,400 But wait, if I do that, then this could happen, 533 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,840 or that could happen, or that could happen. 534 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,120 Anybody ever been there? 535 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:19,640 That's what happens in verse two. 536 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,400 And Samuel said, how can I go? 537 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,320 If Saul hear it, he will kill me. 538 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,320 He's still the K-I-N-G king. 539 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,880 Can you hear the gears turning in Samuel's mind? 540 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,680 Wait, if I go get a new king, who's gonna be mad about that? 541 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,280 Oh yeah, Saul, the captain of the armies. 542 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,400 Who's he talking to? 543 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,840 Who's Samuel talking to? 544 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,680 You guys are like, okay. 545 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,520 No, do you get it? 546 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,280 God told him to go. 547 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,160 When God tells him to go, he goes, okay, oh wait, 548 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,600 he might kill me. 549 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,760 God, he might, oh yeah, I'm talking to God. 550 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:10,840 Right? 551 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:12,600 Have you ever done that? 552 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,920 God, don't you know that's gonna be difficult? 553 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,920 God, don't you know if I obey, I could get hurt? 554 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,720 Sure you could, why not? 555 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:25,920 Of course you could. 556 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,720 But to obey is better than sacrifice, right? 557 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,760 Look at the Lord's response. 558 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,920 I love this, second part of verse two. 559 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,800 And the Lord said, take a heifer with thee 560 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,720 and say I am come to sacrifice to the Lord 561 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,760 and call Jesse to the sacrifice. 562 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,960 And I will show thee what thou shalt do and thou shalt 563 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:49,960 anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 564 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,360 Isn't that just like God? 565 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:54,520 He doesn't give him the whole rest of the story, 566 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,360 he just gives him exactly what to do next. 567 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,760 He doesn't even tell, he's like, you're gonna go to this house 568 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:02,960 and eventually I'm gonna tell you it is. 569 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,160 It's like, someone's like, Samuel probably was thinking, 570 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,920 why can't you just tell me now? 571 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,760 No, I want you to take the horn of the Lord 572 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,320 and call Jesse to the sacrifice. 573 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,920 No, I want you to take the horn of the Lord, 574 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,480 I want you to take the heifer, the sacrifice 575 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:15,680 and I want you to go to Jesse 576 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,920 and I want you to go to Bethlehem 577 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,560 and I'm gonna tell you who it is. 578 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,080 He just tells him the house to go to 579 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,600 and to take the sacrifice. 580 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,720 Do the next thing and I'll show you what to do 581 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,520 when you get there. 582 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,400 You know what he's telling me to do? 583 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,000 Just obey, just trust me. 584 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,600 Verse four, and Samuel did that which the Lord spake. 585 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,920 Isn't that a great, you should underline that in your Bible. 586 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,400 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake. 587 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,960 You want a pattern for life, there's your pattern. 588 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,400 God tells you to do something, you want what you should do? 589 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,160 You should do it. 590 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,000 Even if it seems weird, even if it seems hard, 591 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,520 even if it seems difficult, just do what God tells you to do. 592 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,400 Kids, you want a good life? 593 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,920 A good life happens when you find out what God said 594 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:06,760 and you do it. 595 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,120 You know why God gives you parents? 596 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:12,520 It's okay. 597 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,960 You know why God gives you parents? 598 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,960 He wants you to learn how to obey, how to obey. 599 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,960 If you can obey your dad, then eventually you can obey God. 600 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,560 And if you can't obey your dad, you're not gonna obey God. 601 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:29,400 Are you with me? 602 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,240 Kids, if you got it, say I got it. 603 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,720 Like three of you got it, okay, good. 604 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,200 Is it any different for us adults? 605 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,040 No. 606 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,000 There's a whole lot of adults that never learned 607 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,040 how to obey when they were kids 608 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,240 and so they've had a hard time ever since. 609 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,400 Samuel did that which the Lord spake and came to, 610 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,520 what's the next word, verse four. 611 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,960 Samuel did that which the Lord spake and came to, 612 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,520 does God have a plan? 613 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:07,640 Where did he go? 614 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,720 What do you know about Bethlehem? 615 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,880 It's the city of David. 616 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,480 It's the city that we know of that God said 617 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,640 that the Messiah would come through. 618 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,640 And the elders of the town trembled out his coming 619 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,960 and said, come us out peaceably. 620 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:26,920 What's the point? 621 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:31,920 Man panics, God provides. 622 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,760 God already has a plan. 623 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,600 Just because we don't know God's plan 624 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,280 does not mean that God does not have one. 625 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,080 Look where he told him to go. 626 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,600 Bethlehem, does God have a plan? 627 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,800 He has a plan, the house of bread. 628 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,560 He's got a plan. 629 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,120 Here's the second thing, ready? 630 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,960 Man chooses, God corrects. 631 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,400 Sometimes man chooses and God corrects. 632 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,440 Look at verse five. 633 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,400 These men ask him, are you coming in peace? 634 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,240 Verse five, and he said, peaceably I come to sacrifice 635 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,520 and the Lord sanctify yourselves 636 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,320 and come with me to the sacrifice. 637 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,760 And he sanctified Jesse and his sons 638 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,360 and called them to the sacrifice. 639 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,240 And it came to pass when they were come 640 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,800 that he looked on Eliab. 641 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,160 Now why was Saul going to Jesse? 642 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,280 God had told him, take the horn, 643 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,080 take the sacrifice, go see his sons 644 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,400 and we're gonna pick out a king. 645 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,320 So he sees Eliab, one of the sons of Jesse 646 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,560 and he said, what did he say? 647 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,760 Surely the Lord's anointed this before him. 648 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:38,720 What are you saying? 649 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,080 This kid is a sharp looking kid. 650 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,800 This has gotta be the guy. 651 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,800 This has gotta be the next king. 652 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,080 You see this guy? 653 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,120 We don't know, I'm feeling in the blanks. 654 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:56,120 Broad shoulders, strong, tall. 655 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:57,520 This is king material. 656 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,880 You know when the last time they chose like that, 657 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:00,720 what happened? 658 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:03,560 Right. 659 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,760 Verse seven, but the Lord said unto Samuel, 660 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:12,760 look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature 661 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,280 because I have refused him. 662 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,360 For the Lord seeeth not as man seeeth. 663 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,760 For man looketh on the outward appearance 664 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,120 and the Hebrew, the word for outward appearance 665 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,400 is almost literally face. 666 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:33,400 Man looks at the face, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 667 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,680 Isn't that true today? 668 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:46,680 Man looks on the face, God looks on the heart. 669 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:53,680 How Samuel deciding, well this kid looks good. 670 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,680 This is in the right house, I've done what we're supposed 671 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,520 to do. 672 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,920 He looks sharp, but he says no. 673 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,520 I got somebody in mind and I'm not looking here. 674 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:02,360 I'm looking here. 675 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,000 You know what God called David in the scripture? 676 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,160 A man after God's own heart. 677 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,160 Verse eight, then Jesse called up Benadab 678 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,400 and made it pass before Samuel and he said, 679 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,240 neither hath the Lord chosen him. 680 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,880 Then Jesse made Shama to pass by and said, 681 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,640 neither hath the Lord chosen this. 682 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,560 And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. 683 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:30,080 And Samuel said unto Jesse, the Lord hath chosen, 684 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,840 the Lord hath not chosen these. 685 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,840 When I was deciding what to call this sermon, 686 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,720 I chose this name. 687 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,440 Oh yeah, I do have one more. 688 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,240 Yeah, I guess I do have one more. 689 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,120 If there's no other reason to think that God chooses 690 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,080 differently than we choose, here's the circumstance. 691 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,560 Verse 11, and Samuel said unto Jesse, 692 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,720 are these all thy children? 693 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,800 And he said, there he remaineth yet the youngest 694 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,000 and behold, he keepeth the sheep. 695 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,920 I didn't even call him in yet. 696 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,500 Here's the point, number three, man forgets. 697 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,000 Man forgets, but God, what? 698 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,080 God remembers. 699 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,160 And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him, 700 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,200 for we will not sit down till he come hither. 701 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,560 Hey, this is so important, we want him to get here. 702 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,400 Verse 12, and he sent and brought him in, 703 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,120 now he was ready and with all of the beautiful countenance 704 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,480 and goodly to look to. 705 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:34,320 You know what? 706 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,080 Man looks on the face, God looks on the heart. 707 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,020 That doesn't mean that God only uses ugly people. 708 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:45,880 Are you with me? 709 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,800 If you're a good looking, don't worry, God will use you too. 710 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,080 Amen. 711 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,480 Praise the Lord for me, I'm just real, that's a dumb joke. 712 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:58,320 That was stupid. 713 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,280 Okay, verse 13. 714 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,600 And the Lord said, arise, annoying them, for this is he. 715 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,840 Then Samuel took the horn of oil 716 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,920 and anointed him in the midst of the brethren, 717 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,000 and the spirit of the Lord came upon David 718 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,080 from that day forward. 719 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,600 So Samuel rose up and went to Rama. 720 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,840 The one that they weren't sure was gonna be the guy, 721 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:23,800 ended up being guy. 722 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,960 Now look at what happens, verse 14. 723 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,960 But the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul 724 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,320 and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 725 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:38,320 You have in the Old Testament, 726 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,080 the Holy Spirit works different 727 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,920 than he does in the New Testament. 728 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,480 The Bible says in the New Testament 729 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,360 that if you don't have the Holy Spirit, 730 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:47,960 then you are none of his. 731 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,400 So if you're saved, you have the Holy Spirit. 732 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,680 In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit would come upon 733 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:58,680 people, men and women of God, to do God's service. 734 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,400 You could actually be justified. 735 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,120 Remember it says, the just shall live by faith. 736 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,000 Abraham believed God and it was countered into him 737 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:07,920 his righteousness. 738 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,280 His right, God's righteousness was imputed onto him 739 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,440 because he had faith in God. 740 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,680 So Abraham was regenerate. 741 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,200 Abraham was saved because God responded to his faith 742 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,520 and gave him righteousness. 743 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:22,960 Do you get it? 744 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,560 But just because he got righteousness and was saved 745 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,000 didn't mean that he automatically had 746 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,040 the Holy Spirit on him. 747 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:33,840 In our day, when we're saved, the Holy Spirit comes 748 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,200 and if that's how you know you're justified, 749 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,600 does that make sense? 750 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,560 Okay, so you have in this passage, 751 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,760 at this point, God now anoints David 752 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,880 and the spirit comes onto David for those acts of service. 753 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,320 And then what do you have in the next verse? 754 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,000 The spirit leaving Saul. 755 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,800 So he's got this evil countenance, verse 15, 756 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:01,640 and Saul's servant said, 757 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,280 and behold now an evil spirit from God trouble with thee. 758 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,720 Let our Lord now command thy servants which are before thee 759 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:11,120 to seek out a man who is a cunning player on a harp 760 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,080 and it shall come to pass when the evil spirit 761 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,720 from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand 762 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,280 and thou shalt be well. 763 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,280 We need a singer-songwriter. 764 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:26,280 We need someone to come and to calm you down. 765 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:31,280 Verse 18, this is the sovereignty of God, isn't it? 766 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,280 Verse 18, then answer one of the servants to say, 767 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,280 behold, I have seen the son of Jesse, the Bethelomite, 768 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,280 that is cunning and playing and mighty, valiant man 769 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,280 and a man of war and prudent in matters and a comely person 770 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,280 and the Lord is with him. 771 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,280 So what does Saul do? 772 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,280 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, 773 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,280 send me David thy son which is with the sheep. 774 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,280 Now isn't that interesting? 775 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:00,280 Who did that? 776 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:02,280 Who did it? 777 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,280 God did that. 778 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:09,280 All of a sudden, you're anointed to be king. 779 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:14,280 The king probably, if a king knows that there's another person 780 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,280 who's anointed to be in his position, 781 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,280 do you think he'd like him very much? 782 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,280 Who agrees that he wouldn't like him? 783 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:28,280 And yet God uses the circumstance to get David into the king's court. 784 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,280 God did an amazing thing. 785 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,280 Let me give you three lessons, okay? 786 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,280 Three lessons. 787 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,280 Number one, God's solutions are often strange and simple, 788 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,280 so be open. 789 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,280 God had a simple solution for the problem. 790 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:47,280 Okay, if he won't obey, I'll get a king who can obey. 791 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,280 He didn't give Samuel or David the whole story, 792 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,280 he just gave them the next thing. 793 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:54,280 Are you with me? 794 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,280 Just do the next thing. 795 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,280 That's often how God works. 796 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,280 Maybe you heard this before. 797 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,280 The just shall live by the Lord. 798 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,280 The just shall live by the Lord. 799 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:12,280 The just shall live by faith every day. 800 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:17,280 Just doing the faithful thing you're supposed to do next. 801 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,280 Faith is shown by what? 802 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,280 Works. 803 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,280 Some people put Paul and James at odds, 804 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,280 because they say Paul's saying that we're justified by faith, 805 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,280 and James is saying that we're justified by works. 806 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,280 Anybody ever heard that? 807 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,280 Okay, maybe you haven't. 808 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,280 But if you go look at James, you're like, well, 809 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,280 James seems to be saying he's justified by works. 810 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,280 James isn't saying that we're justified by works. 811 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:48,280 James is saying that our claim to faith is justified by works. 812 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,280 That if you say you believe God, and that you love God, 813 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,280 then it's going to show up in the way that you live. 814 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,280 Does that make sense? 815 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,280 And so, here's what I'm saying. 816 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:05,280 If we live by faith, that means we have to live a life 817 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:09,280 of obedience to God. 818 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,280 Just stay obedient to what you know to do. 819 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,280 When God says do something, you do it. 820 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,280 Number two, God's promotions are sudden and surprising, 821 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:20,280 so be ready. 822 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:24,280 Do you think David thought that by the end of the day, 823 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,280 he was going to be anointed to be king? 824 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,280 He's out there watching sheep. 825 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,280 The next thing you know, I'm going to be what? 826 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,280 King? 827 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,280 He's just a little shepherd boy, but now he's being anointed. 828 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,280 He goes back to being a shepherd right after that. 829 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,280 Once it's over, he just goes back and watches the sheep. 830 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:52,280 Then he gets a message from the person who he is to replace. 831 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,280 Then Saul says, hey, by the way, 832 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:58,280 we need you to come be a singer-songwriter for the king. 833 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,280 Sometimes God works like that. 834 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,280 All of a sudden you're doing one thing, 835 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,280 you're being faithful to do what you're supposed to do, 836 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,280 you're just going to be a shepherd and you're going to be obedient. 837 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,280 You'd be obedient out in the fields with nobody, 838 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,280 it's just you and the sheep. 839 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,280 All of a sudden God sees that faithfulness, 840 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,280 knows your heart and says, okay, 841 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,280 if you can be trusted with a little, 842 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,280 I'll trust you with more. 843 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,280 Sometimes there have been times, even in this church, 844 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,280 where people have come to the church, 845 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,280 I don't know them very well. 846 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,280 And they come in and like, hey, I can teach, 847 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,280 I can do this, I can do that, put me in coach, 848 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,280 I just want to... 849 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,280 Give me a class. 850 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,280 Like, you've been here five minutes. 851 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,280 I don't know you. 852 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,280 Why don't you just be faithful in this small thing? 853 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,280 And so when you're faithful in that small thing, 854 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,280 then I can know I can trust you with the... 855 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,280 The big thing, are you with me? 856 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,280 That's just a good leadership. 857 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,280 You don't just give somebody, 858 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,280 hand somebody the keys of the car if you don't know if they can drive. 859 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,280 Right? Find out if they can drive. 860 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,280 Be faithful in the small thing and then you can be... 861 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,280 You can be trusted with the big thing. 862 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:15,280 Number three, God's selections are always sovereign and sure. 863 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,280 So be sensitive. 864 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,280 God doesn't call the qualified. 865 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:24,280 God qualifies those he calls. 866 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:31,280 To be called to a task is to be called to be equipped for that task. 867 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:35,280 Sometimes when we hear about God moving in someone's life towards a task 868 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:40,280 or a title, we're tempted to think, really, him? 869 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,280 Her? 870 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:46,280 I know there's been times in my ministry where I was... 871 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,280 I was in school with a certain person 872 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:52,280 and I knew them in 18, 19, and 20 and then I found out later 873 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:56,280 at 30, 32, 33 that they'd been given a task 874 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,280 and my memory of them is when they were 18, 19, and 20. 875 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,280 I'm like, really? They're doing what? 876 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:06,280 Aren't you glad God grows people? 877 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,280 I'm so glad for that. 878 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:13,280 I'm sure that's what David's brothers and dad must have been thinking. 879 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,280 If Samuel thought, surely this older kid is the right one, 880 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:21,280 don't you think that those big brothers thought, David? 881 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,280 That's who's getting it. 882 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,280 He's a punk kid. 883 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,280 Who thinks a lot of their little brother, right? 884 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,280 Like, that's how it is. 885 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:35,280 Just remember, man looks at the outward appearance. 886 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,280 God looks at the heart. 887 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:46,280 God uses people, ordinary, everyday people. 888 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:51,280 But he uses, though, those who are faithful to him. 889 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:57,280 If God can't trust you a sheep, he won't trust you a people. 890 00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,280 Are you with me? 891 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:03,280 If God can't trust you with a little, why should he trust you with a lot? 892 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:09,280 We see in David a kid who had been faithful in a little bit. 893 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:14,280 We see in Samuel someone who's panicking, but we got to remember, 894 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,280 God always has a plan. 895 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:21,280 And can I tell you, God's revealed a lot of his plan to us, 896 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,280 but he hasn't revealed everything. 897 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,280 Who agrees? 898 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,280 Anybody wondering what's going to happen in the next few years in our country? 899 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,280 Can I tell you this? 900 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,280 God's got it. 901 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,280 He's got a plan. 902 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,280 If we're not being faithful now, we won't be faithful if it gets harder. 903 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,280 We've got to be faithful now. 904 00:43:41,280 --> 00:44:05,280 Do what you know to do now, and let God take care of the rest.