1st Samuel 16:1-4 " When People Drain You "

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1 Samuel 16:1–4 NASB95

1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.” 2 But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3 “You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you.” 4 So Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?”

“ When People Drain You “

We will see

In the text

That the text is tailored to teach us

That Samuel is mourning

Over Saul

Because Saul has DRAINED Samuel

And every believer

Will experience a Saul

In their life

Sooner or Later

That they will drain you

And you will have to know

How to deal with people

That have DRAINED YOU

And that you have poured

Into Them

And you have gotten NOTHING in return

Note: Matter of fact that was the life of Jesus that we can learn from Him

This story begins

when the children of Israel

decided

that they wanted a king

and Israel

wanted a King

because they seen that

all the other nations

had a king

They wanted to look like

And act like

the other nations

NOTE: Things will always go wrong when you want to look like someone else & have what someone else have. ( Israel ) ( The Church )

so Israel

wants a King

and God gives them

a King named Saul

Unfortunately

for Israel

Saul turned out

to be more interested

in his own glory

than in leading his people

in a godly way

So even after Saul

ascended the throne

the search continued

The rejection of Saul

did not force the Lord

to a new course of action

Rather

God’s action

followed

His omniscient plan

in such a way

as to use Saul’s

disobedience

as the human occasion

for implementing

His higher plan — Don’t despise people trickiness against you God can use it

Saul had substituted

Saying for Doing (15:13);

Excuses for Confessions (15:15 and 21);

and Sacrifice for Obedience (v. 22).

He was too quick

to criticize

and blame others

he was unwilling

to face and judge his own sins

Saul was a king

that continuously

disobeys the Lord

from the beginning

Things really getting bad

in Chapter 15

where King Saul

in direct disobedience

and defiance of Gods word

Saul spares

the king of the Amalekites

Agag

And all the good spoils ( Everything )

of the Amalekites

The Israelites

go to war

against the Amalekites

& the Lord

tells Saul

To destroy everything

What Saul does

is destroy almost

everything

but keep all the richest

of the land

& spares King Agag Life

God

is so displeased

with Saul ( No Partial Obedience )

Because God

is so displeased

with Saul

in chapter 15

we find two things

1st. God regrets ( Repenteth or Repent ) choosing Saul ( Repent - to sigh, a loud deep breathe )

Repenteth — that God didn’t change His mind just that God will deal with Saul another way [ Look that word up ]

2nd. Samuel begins to mourn over Saul

In chapter 16

God shows up

& ask Samuel

a real question,

“ How long will you mourn over Saul”

In other words

Samuel

how long

will you stay

In this place

& not move on

God is displease

with Samuel

because you're mourning

when I got another replacement

for Saul & that’s David — God got BETTER

David is waiting

in Bethlehem

and David don’t know

what his destiny is

So Samuel

needs to move quickly

The same way

God used Samuel

to tell Saul

that he was going to be King

Now he wanted Samuel

to do the same thing

with David

that he’s going to be King

And David

can not be King

until Samuel Anoints him

And Samuel

is sitting right there

mourning over Saul

& the entire destiny of Israel is on hold

Note: Do you see what happens when God has anointed you to do something and you’re not in ministry, the whole church is held up.

And God gets Samuel attention

to tell him

that I’m turning the season

in your life

I’m turning the chapter

of your life

I’m opening a new door

in your life

I had to close this door with Saul

God suddenly sends Samuel

on a mission

to find

the next king of Israel

which is not

exactly the remedy

for depression

Samuel would have concocted himself

He is more

than a little reluctant

to go out

anointing a new king

knowing

how passionate

the current king

is about his own kingdom and name and honor

God’s plan

sounds like

a recipe

for disaster

Note: God when send you and tell you to do some strange things at times but leave the consequences to God

“ When people have drained you

1st You have to learn how to move on ( V. 1 )

1 Samuel 16:1 NASB95

Note: Nobody wants to hear that statement when it’s them that have been DRAINED or HURT

Note: There’s somethings you just got to get pass so it don’t hinder your assignment from the Lord

Ver. 1. “How long wilt thou mourn,” etc. “These words show that the prophet had not yet been able to reconcile himself to the hidden ways of the Lord; that he was still afraid that the people and kingdom of God would suffer from the rejection of Saul, and that he continued to mourn for Saul, not merely from his own personal attachment to the fallen king, but also, and perhaps still more, from anxiety for the welfare of Israel.”

Note: Staying in a STALE - STAGNANT - SOUR place keeps you in a unhealthy place spiritually and physically and mentally

Note: What REALLY keeps you from moving on is.... PRIDE.

[ When you don’t move on ]

It hinders your walk with God

Note: If Samuel is the Prophet & he is suppose to know what God hand is on & what God hand is off of something, why doesn’t Samuel know that God has rejected Saul

You hold on to the PAST —Through the centuries, Christians have often been trapped by their inability to turn loose of those things which no longer seem to serve God’s purpose. We grow accustomed to institutions, organizations, programs, ways of thinking, and ways of doing things. We develop such an emotional attachment to them that long after their usefulness to God is past we hold tenaciously to them. We often need help from God to turn loose of what is past and to face the future that God has planned for us.

Quote: Sometimes the hardest thing to get rid of is something that no longer meets a need.

You don’t ACCEPT what God has ALLOWED

Note: Verse 1 —— Samuel is mourning over Saul & Saul is not dead

Note: Samuel is mourning over the investment he made in Saul & everything Saul has Saul owes it to Samuel.

Note: Samuel is mourning cause there want be a return in his investment [ You feel you have lost resources and time ]

Note: “ I’ve DONE too much for them “

Note: Samuel, how are you going to cry over something that I have rejected, I have moved out of the way.

“ When people drain you”

1st You have to learn how to move on ( V. 1 )

2nd Don’t let people that Drain you hinder you from doing for others ( V. 1b )

1 Samuel 16:1–2 ESV

1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

“ Fill your horn with oil and go “ — EXPLAIN

Note: Often times when people have drained us we don’t want to do for NO ONE else

“ When people drain you “

1st You have to learn how to move on ( V. 1 )

2nd Don’t let people that Drain you hinder you from doing for others ( V. 1b )

3rd Don’t question God’s command ( v. 2 )

1 Samuel 16:2 NASB95

2 But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

Note: Samuel is not asking God a question , Samuel is questioning God [ The Difference ]

Samuel realizes that if he anoints David as king while Saul is still king that’s call treason and Saul would have Samuel killed.