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What is a King?
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
When Queen Elizabeth died this past September, the Unite Kingdom Crowned a new King.
King Charles.
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The process of crowning a new king is called Coronation.
Coronation is a ceremony whereby a sovereign is inaugurated into office by receiving upon his or her head the crown, which is the chief symbol of regal authority.
From earliest historical times a king, queen, or chieftain was inaugurated by some public ceremony; the sovereign might be raised upon a shield, presented with a spear, or invested with a distinctive robe or headdress.
When Europe became Christianized in the Middle Ages, some of these older customs were grafted onto a religious service derived from Old Testament descriptions of the anointing and crowning of Saul and other Israelite kings.
In the typical Christian coronation service, the sovereign is anointed with holy oil and receives the crown and other royal insignia from the clergy.
What’s Happening?
The first King of the People of God, The Israelites, has failed and turned away from God. God has chosen his replacement and is readying Samuel to anoint the next King.
Often times when we are in a dark place, we feel like we are all alone.
But the truth is God is with us.
Here we see Samuel in a dark place.
Samuel is grieving over Saul, the king, and turning away from him.
When the king turns away so goes the kingdom.
But then we see God telling Samuel no man can stop my plans so cheer up.
Then he commands Samuel to go get the oil and go where I direct you.
The last time God told Samuel to get his oil ready it was to anoint/crown Saul as King.
So Samuel had to know something was up.
This is how often God works, he sees just where we are.
He sees the problems and issues in our lives and leads us to the solution.
Here God tells Samuel to go to Bethlehem and find Jesse because I have provided a King in one of his sons.
This is important, because the people of Israel choose Saul, and it didn’t turn out very well.
This time God is taking control and has selected the next King.
One that we find out later is a man after God’s own heart.
God not only cares about his greater plans but he also cares about us personally.
Samuel knows that if Saul hears about this, he would have Samuel killed.
But God has a plan to cover Samuel’s action from Saul without lying.
It is a good thing to take note here.
God’s nature doesn’t change.
God is good all the time.
It is so easy for me to think this way.
If a guy is going to kill me for doing something that God asks me to do, I will just lie to him and not tell him what I am really doing.
God doesn’t lie and he doesn’t want us to.
Here, God knows a sacrifice is needed and there is nothing out of the normal to sacrifice to the Lord.
So God lets him in on a little bit more of his plan.
Are you seeing the pattern here?
God says do this, then I will show you your next step.
It would be so much easier for us to see all the steps at once but that is not what God does here.
Instead, God is more concerned with building our faith.
God gives us enough light to see our next step.
He equips us with just strength for the next step.
So far, we have seen God declare he is still in control and has a plan for Samuel and for his people.
But he has not revealed what the plan is in full.
The natural question that most of us would have is, “Do I trust God.”
Samuel did trust God and went to Bethlehem which caused a big dust-up.
Imagine the Pope out of the blue showing up in Arvin.
All of the leaders of Arvin would be running around trying to figure out what was happening.
That is what is happening here.
Is there something wrong?
Is God mad at us?
Samuel reassured them and they got ready for the sacrifice.
At this point, Samuel didn’t let anyone know what was really happening.
Remember if Saul finds out he would kill everyone
As the sacrifice is happening Samuel is seeing Jesse’s family knowing one of them is the future King.
Then Samuel sees the oldest son Eliab, and he thinks that this man surely is the next King.
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The lord said, I know he looks great and powerful but this is not the man we need as a king.
The Lord points out here that try as we might we cannot see what is on the inside only God can.
This is important to pick up.
We see our friends and think how blessed they are, or how put together they are and we compare ourselves to what we see on the outside and not what God sees.
The Rock wasn’t King, what about John?
Jesse brings out all of his sons except for the youngest.
And God rejects them all.
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So God commands Samuel to anoint the youngest son as the next King.
I want you all to hear this.
God doesn’t care where you come from.
God doesn’t care what you have done.
God doesn’t care what you know.
When God has a plan for you it doesn’t matter.
Why because we are not the source of the power to accomplish his plan, God is.
In verse 13 we see that once David was anointed with the oil he was also anointed with the Holy Spirit.
Let’s look at the 12 disciples.
These men were not professional minister.
These men were not even junior ministers.
These men loved the Lord and had normal jobs.
Then Jesus came and called them to go with him.
You see this is how God works even today.
When God calls us to something we are never alone the Holy Spirit is right there with us.
For those of us that are believers, that is what happened when you were saved.
God called you to him, and once you were his, The Holy Spirit then began to live inside you.
This is one of the reasons I am a pastor today.
I never felt like I was good enough.
I am a sinner.
I haven’t been to seminary.
I don’t speak well.
But fact is God uses the JV team to accomplish his plans.
Why? Because, all the glory goes to him not his servants.
Samuel was just a child when he was called by voice to God.
Josiah was only a child when he was placed as King.
As a child he saw what the prior Kings had done were evil in the eyes of the Lord and changes everything to please God.
The Bible is full of stories of common people being used and strengthened by God to accomplish his will.
Even when Jesus was born, he was born into a poor family from a small town.
God doesn’t care about flashy things.
He cares about your relationship with him.
Listen to me.
It is easy for us to listen to the world around us and feel like we are not good enough to do anything for God.
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