God's Anointed

1 Samuel16:1-13

Controlled By God

• Kingships and governments are part of His Sovereignty
• Saul no longer fit to rule God’s people

Chooses To Let Go

• Provision for King found in Deut. 17:14-20
• Samuel needed to let go of the past- look to the future
• Samuel’s reluctance- Feared for his life- needed assurance.
• Samuel followed his own advise- better to obey—Than
• God sees the forest when we often only see the tree in front.

Coming To Bethlehem

• To the house of Jesse- Grandson son of Boaz- Line of Christ
• To make Sacrifice- The exact truth
• Seems that God approved of holding back information.
• False guilt and how do you deal with it.
• The people had some “guilt” Why are they afraid of Samuel?

Countenance Of Men

• Eliab “looked” like a man of strength. Much like Saul
• He follows all the rule and “lines up”
• A person’s true character does not lay in his appearance
• But, how important is appearance. Does it matter to God?
• God who knows the heart- Yes, the good and bad.
• God did not reject the sons, they were just not chosen to serve

Called From The Pasture

• Samuel was frustrated- He knew that God lead him there
• David, too young to be considered was ignored
• God often uses small things to accomplish His will
• Samuel was determine to exhausts all possibilities
• We often give up to quickly when things don’t go right.

Chosen of God

• David had a beautiful countenance- Fair to look upon
• He had the look of innocence and trust
• Samuel had to doubt. This is He. The glow of God on David
• David- A man after God’s own heart.
• May God see in our heart a pure desire to serve Him
• Be anointed for service in His Kingdom