A Man After God’s Own Heart
Collin Wimberly
1 Samuel 16
CIT - God choses David as the next King of Israel
INTRODUCTION:
It’s Father’s Day. Men we want to say that we appreciate you. You are important.
After the service we have a gift for each of you.
There is a verse about David which is very unusual and I think it is the key to the meaning of the life of David. In I Samuel 13 there is a statement made about David that is made about no other person in the Bible. In verse 14 the Lord has said that Saul is going to be rejected as the king and another will be selected. ‘‘But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the hath sought him a man after his own heart...’’ That’s repeated in the New Testament in Acts 13:22. David is known as a man after God’s own heart.
What does that mean? It means that David was a man who won God’s heart.
David was arguably the greatest man of God in the Old Testament. Let’s start at the beginning of his life and His ministry. What do we see about this young man after God’s own heart?
I) DAVID HAD POTENTIAL THAT ONLY GOD COULD SEE -
We are too quick to judge people by their appearance, their abilities or their availability. God sees past the obvious to the heart of a person. God sees in us what others do not.
A) SAUL’S REJECTION - vs. 1 We need to understand that background here. Why did God reject Saul?
Chp. 8 - Samuel is the last of the judges. His sons are dishonest, the take bribes and not trusted by the people.
Israel requests a king - notice why.
1) They wanted to be like the other nations.
2) They wanted a king to fight their battles for them.
The problem was: God did want them to be like the other nations - He called to be a separate people. And He was their warrior. God had promised to fight their battles. The people wanted a king because they lacked faith that God would be their champion.
They expected Saul to do what only God could do. The expectations were wrong.
Second, they chos ...
Collin Wimberly
1 Samuel 16
CIT - God choses David as the next King of Israel
INTRODUCTION:
It’s Father’s Day. Men we want to say that we appreciate you. You are important.
After the service we have a gift for each of you.
There is a verse about David which is very unusual and I think it is the key to the meaning of the life of David. In I Samuel 13 there is a statement made about David that is made about no other person in the Bible. In verse 14 the Lord has said that Saul is going to be rejected as the king and another will be selected. ‘‘But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the hath sought him a man after his own heart...’’ That’s repeated in the New Testament in Acts 13:22. David is known as a man after God’s own heart.
What does that mean? It means that David was a man who won God’s heart.
David was arguably the greatest man of God in the Old Testament. Let’s start at the beginning of his life and His ministry. What do we see about this young man after God’s own heart?
I) DAVID HAD POTENTIAL THAT ONLY GOD COULD SEE -
We are too quick to judge people by their appearance, their abilities or their availability. God sees past the obvious to the heart of a person. God sees in us what others do not.
A) SAUL’S REJECTION - vs. 1 We need to understand that background here. Why did God reject Saul?
Chp. 8 - Samuel is the last of the judges. His sons are dishonest, the take bribes and not trusted by the people.
Israel requests a king - notice why.
1) They wanted to be like the other nations.
2) They wanted a king to fight their battles for them.
The problem was: God did want them to be like the other nations - He called to be a separate people. And He was their warrior. God had promised to fight their battles. The people wanted a king because they lacked faith that God would be their champion.
They expected Saul to do what only God could do. The expectations were wrong.
Second, they chos ...
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