ANOINTED FOR THE GLORY OF HIS NAME OR NOT, HOW TO FACE YOUR GIANTS LIKE DAVID (8)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58
Anointed for the Glory of His Name or Not, How to Face Your Giants Like David (8)
Series: In Search of a King: The Book of Samuel
Patrick Edwards
1 Samuel 17:1-58
Introduction
New Year’s is a funny holiday to me. We sing and dream of a new start, a do-over maybe. Do you remember last year how eager we all were for 2020 to be over and start anew? But that’s the funny thing about it; it’s an artificial sentiment that really bares no impact on reality. We celebrated 2020 being over, but then six days later we soon found 2021 might not be much better in our country. New variants of COVID-19, more political unrest and disunity, our kids still in masks and socially distanced at school. Turns out that 2021 wasn’t a new start at all but just carried with it the problems of the past year. And this is true for us all personally as well. Any relationship issues from December 31 are still there. Any work drama that was going on before Christmas waits for you, still there tomorrow. The credit card bill for all those Christmas presents is about to show up in your inbox. As U2 once sang, ‘‘Nothing changes on New Year’s Day.’’ But maybe it’s doesn’t have to be so bleak as that. Right, let’s be a little optimistic here. Though the struggles and challenges of December 31 are still here, that was then; this is now. Jeremiah reminds us that, Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for his mercies never end.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:21-24)
It is a new day. It is a new year. God is always at work doing something new, bringing us closer and closer to a new heaven and new earth. The arrival of David in the book of Samuel very much feels like a new beginning; a new day. We were last in the book of Samuel before Thanksgiving and paused here on Sundays for the season of advent. As we discussed each week, advent was a season of self-reflection, repentance, and a ti ...
Series: In Search of a King: The Book of Samuel
Patrick Edwards
1 Samuel 17:1-58
Introduction
New Year’s is a funny holiday to me. We sing and dream of a new start, a do-over maybe. Do you remember last year how eager we all were for 2020 to be over and start anew? But that’s the funny thing about it; it’s an artificial sentiment that really bares no impact on reality. We celebrated 2020 being over, but then six days later we soon found 2021 might not be much better in our country. New variants of COVID-19, more political unrest and disunity, our kids still in masks and socially distanced at school. Turns out that 2021 wasn’t a new start at all but just carried with it the problems of the past year. And this is true for us all personally as well. Any relationship issues from December 31 are still there. Any work drama that was going on before Christmas waits for you, still there tomorrow. The credit card bill for all those Christmas presents is about to show up in your inbox. As U2 once sang, ‘‘Nothing changes on New Year’s Day.’’ But maybe it’s doesn’t have to be so bleak as that. Right, let’s be a little optimistic here. Though the struggles and challenges of December 31 are still here, that was then; this is now. Jeremiah reminds us that, Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for his mercies never end.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:21-24)
It is a new day. It is a new year. God is always at work doing something new, bringing us closer and closer to a new heaven and new earth. The arrival of David in the book of Samuel very much feels like a new beginning; a new day. We were last in the book of Samuel before Thanksgiving and paused here on Sundays for the season of advent. As we discussed each week, advent was a season of self-reflection, repentance, and a ti ...
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