GIVE US SOME DAVID'S TODAY

 

1 Sam 16:12  And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is HE.

 

I.   HE HAD THE RESEMBELENCE OF CHRIST.

Song 5:10  My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

1 Sam 17:42  And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

II..    HE HAD TO TAKE POSITIONS AGAINST HIS RELATIVES.

1 Sam 17:28  And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Luke 14:26  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

III.   HE KNEW WHO THE BATTLE BELONGED TO.

1 Sam 17:47  And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.

Rom 8:31  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

IV.  HE WAS WILLING TO FIGHT.

1 Sam 17:32  And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

2 Tim 4:7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

V.    HE DID NOT DEPEND ON MANS EQUIPMENT.

1 Sam 17:38  And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

1 Sam 17:39  And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

VI.   HE OVERCAME THE WORDS OF DISCOURAGEMENTS.

1 Sam 17:24  And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

1 Sam 17:33  And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

VII.  HE HAD FAITH PLUS EXPERIENCES THAT GOD WOULD DELIVER.

1 Sam 17:34  And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

1 Sam 17:35  And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Sam 17:36  Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Sam 17:37  David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

2 Tim 3:11  Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

VIII.  HE HAD EVIDENCE THAT THE BATTLE WAS WON.

1 Sam 17:54  And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1 Sam 17:57  And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.