I'm going to speak tonight from
the passage which Brother Jim Eccles read on the subject, the
making of a king, the making of a king. And you might ask,
well, what has the choosing, calling, and anointing of David,
what does that have to do with us? Well, if you turn to Revelation,
the book of Revelation, I borrowed my text from this scripture here,
Revelation 1. It says in verse 5, Revelation
1, And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and
the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of
the earth, unto him that hath loved us unto him that loved
us, washed us from our sins, and hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father. To him be glory and dominion
for ever. He loved us. He loved David. David was a man after his own
heart. So are you, if you're his. He loved you, washed you,
and he made you a king. He made us kings. He did it. Revelation 5, turn
over there. Revelation chapter 5, reading verse 9. This is a song of everybody in
glory. Everybody. Revelation 5, 9, and
they sung a new song saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof, for thou was slain." Our Lord
died on the cross. The Lamb was crucified. And you've
redeemed us. You've reconciled us to God.
You've given us eternal life. You've redeemed us by your blood,
out of every kindred, every tongue, Every people and every nation.
And you've made us kings. You've made us kings. The Lord
Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests. And we'll reign.
David reigned and I will too. You will too. We're kings. God's
sons are kings and his daughters are princes. We have a crown
of life. That's what Paul called it, a
crown of life. He laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give
me, and not only me, but everyone that loves his appearance, as
a crown. And we have a kingdom. We've been translated from this
awful place in which we began our earthly journey, the kingdom
of darkness. We've been translated into the
kingdom of his Son. We have a kingdom. And we're
clothed in a royal robe, a royal robe, the wedding garment of
righteousness of Christ. Kings are usually attended by
those who guard them and protect them, and we're attended by angels. God gives his angels charge over
his kings. They're sent as ministering spirits
to those who are the heirs. Well, the heirs of God are kings.
He's the King of kings and Lord of lords, but we're kings. And
we're joint heirs with the King of kings, and he says we shall
reign with him. Now, how can this be? Who made us a king? Well, it
says here, he did. He redeemed us to God by his
blood out of every kindred, tongue, people, and nation, and he made
us kings and priests unto our God, and we'll reign on this
earth. Well, every blessing and work of Christ recorded here
in the New Testament is illustrated over here in the Old Testament.
Whatever you find, you see the The Old Testament is the New
Testament revealed, concealed, concealed, all of the New Testaments
concealed in the Old. Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, buried and rose again according to the Scriptures.
Everything that takes place since Christ came is a fulfillment
of the Scriptures, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. And the New
Testament is the Old Testament revealed. So everything, every
blessing, every work of Christ recorded in the New Testament
is a picture in the Old Testament of that promise and of that blessing.
It's over there. So let's turn to 1 Samuel 16, and let's see if we can find
something here that will be a blessing to us. You read verse 1, God
speaks to his prophet, and he says, Samuel, how long will you
mourn for Saul? Isn't it clear to you I have
rejected him? Seeing I have rejected him, isn't
it obvious from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil
and gold, and I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. I have provided me a king. among
his sons. I have provided me a king among
his sons." Now let us see what this is saying. The Lord says,
Samuel, how long will you mourn for Saul? The Lord didn't rebuke
Samuel because he mourned for Saul. This was morning time.
It was a sad day in Israel. Samuel was disappointed in Saul. His heart was broken. over what
Saul had done and how Saul had sinned against God. Sad times.
And the Lord didn't rebuke Samuel. I looked at this carefully. He
didn't rebuke him for mourning over Saul, grieving over Saul.
But he condemned him for mourning so long over Saul. After it's
obvious to you, he says that, I've rejected this man. Why do
you keep on trying to draw water out of a dry well? Why do you
keep on? Why are you grieving over him
and mourning over him? Get up and let's be about the
Master's business. Joab, Joab took it upon himself
to rebuke King David over something very similar. I want you to turn
with me to 2 Samuel 19. 2 Samuel chapter 19. It says
here in 2 Samuel 19, now this is the story here. Absalom, the king's son, had
led a rebellion against David. And he had so stirred up things
that David had to leave Jerusalem and abdicate the throne. And
Absalom took over. And then they made war against
Absalom and defeated him and killed him. He was a rebel. He was a rebel all his life.
He was a rebel when he died. And David just kept mourning
over Absalom. And his faithful servant came
to him here in 2 Samuel 19, verse 1. Listen. And it was told Joab,
Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. And the
victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people.
They just won a marvelous victory. They just defeated the enemy.
They just restored the throne to David. They had just returned
David to his own. Here he is sitting around weeping
over that son that was such a rebel that took the lives of some of
his own people. And the people return to victory
in the morning. The people heard that day how
the king was grieved over his son. And the people get them
by stealth that day into the city as people being ashamed,
steal away when they flee in battle. These folks felt like
they had done wrong by winning the victory. They were just hiding
out, you know, mourning. The king was mourning over this
rebel and they were hiding out as if they'd lost, as if they'd
turned and deserted. And the king covered his face
and the king cried with a loud voice, Oh my son Absalom, oh
Absalom my son, my son. And Joab came into the house
to the king and he said, this man's taking on himself a real
Serious job here now, he's reducing the king, this could mean his
head. But God's servants are bold.
And he said, You've shamed this day the faces of all your servants,
which this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons
and your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives
of your concubines, in that you love your enemies and hate your
friends. You have declared this day that you regard neither princes
nor servants. For this day I perceive if Absalom
had lived and all of us had died, that would have pleased you well."
That's powerful, isn't it? He's talking to the king. Now,
therefore, you arise and go forth and speak comfortably to your
servants, for I swear by the Lord If you go not forth and
speak comfortably unto them, they will not tarry one with
you this night, and that will be worse unto thee than all the
evil that has ever befallen you from your youth unto right now."
Now, get up and praise God. That's what the Lord is saying
here to Samuel. He's grieving too long. You're
making this man a source of contention and grief. I've found rebels
and along rebels stay rebels. They don't change. That's exactly
right. They don't change. I've rejected
him. It's clear God says I've rejected
him. There's no evidence of grace.
There's no evidence of God's blessing. There's no evidence
of God's calling. I leave him alone. My Lord said
that about the Pharisees. Leave them alone. They're blind
leaders of the blind. Leave them alone. You've got
things to rejoice over and rejoice in and do for God and do for
others. Reach out to others who will
receive your message. Now you go, listen, you fill
your horn with awe. You fill your horn with awe.
And you go to Jesse, the Bethlehemite. I've provided me a king among
his sons. Who was Jesse? Wednesday night
a week ago, Brother Walter preached from the book of Ruth. And you
remember the little girl, Ruth, came back from Moab, Moabitess. She came back to Bethlehem. Jessie
is a Bethlehemite. She came back to Bethlehem, and
she married Boaz. She was a Moab, Moabitess, and
Jessie, I mean, Boaz was a Jew. And she married him and had a
son. And that son was named Obed. And Jesse here is Obed's son.
He's one-fourth Moabitess. He's one-fourth pagan. He's one-fourth
heathen. But the Lord said, I'll be merciful
to whom I will be merciful. I'll be gracious to whom I will
be gracious. So you arise and fill your horn with oil. That's
a representative of the Holy Spirit. of the Spirit. And you
go to Jesse's house, the Bethlehemite, you go to Jesse. I provided me
a king among his sons, my king, my anointed. I provided it. I provided it. God chose David.
God chose you. God will call David. God called
you. God sent David a servant, a prophet. He sent you one. And God will
make David a great king with all of the I have provided me,
a king, among the sons of an unlikely man." This is the house
and lineage of Christ we're talking about. Well, verse 2, this is
interesting. Samuel said, how can I go? If
Saul hears about it, he'll kill me. If I go down there, Saul
will kill me. You know, even Samuel was weak
in faith, like us. That's the reason the Lord gives
us these illustrations, is to encourage us in our weak moments. This man, Samuel, feared Saul. He feared for his life. And Samuel
knew, Samuel was an old man. He'd been a prophet a long time.
He knew if God sent him on a mission, God would provide for him. He
knew that in his heart. His mind was rebelling, but he
knew it in his heart. God never sends a man on a mission
for his glory that he doesn't provide for him. And protect
him. You protect him. That's why our
Lord often said to his disciples, Oh, ye of little faith, when
did you die? Do you think that you could serve
the Master and die? My son, Paul, Rick Williams and
Marvin Stonica made some trips down to Orlando, Florida when
they were building the church down there. Paul went down and
worked a week, and Rick went down and hung all the doors in
that building down there, and the oak door was beautiful, and
Marvin went down and put the trim up. And Rick and Paul, Paul's
Rick's pastor, and they were talking. before Rick flew down
there. They had to fly down and back
so they could work all week and not waste time driving. So Rick
told Paul, he said, I've never flown before, and I'm a little
bit skittish about flying in that airplane down there. I've
never flown before. Paul said, now Brother Rick,
do you think for a moment that God would send you down there
to work on a church building where the gospel is going to
be preached, and you're going to help people build their church,
and you're going to do work that they can't do that they sent
for you to come help them do. You think God let anything happen
to you on that trip in an airplane?" Now he said, coming back, I don't
know. Rick said, you ruined it. But Samuel should know that,
that God's going to take care of him. But now wait a minute. Romans 14 verse 8 says, well,
whether we live, we live unto the Lord. And whether we die,
we die unto the Lord. If God lets Saul kill Samuel,
that would be all right too, wouldn't it? It's supposed to
be what God says, whether you live or die. Whether we live,
we live unto the Lord. Whether we die, we die unto the
Lord. Whether we live or die, we're the Lord's. But if I die,
it's gain. It's glory. It's eternal life. But the Lord provided a cover
for this Samuel, this prophet. The Lord said in verse 2, Well,
take a heifer with you and say, I'm come to sacrifice. I'm come
to sacrifice. Take a heifer and go to Bethlehem,
verse 3, and call Jesse to the sacrifice. Go to Bethlehem to
sacrifice and worship the Lord and command Jesse, call Jesse,
command his family to come to the service, and I'll show you
what you shall do. And you shall anoint unto me
him whom I name." God's already said, I've provided me a king,
I'll name him, and I'll reveal him. And this is an awesome sight. I just love these two verses,
three and four. And Samuel did that which the
Lord spake, and he came to Bethlehem. This is an awesome sight. Think about this a minute. Here's
this servant, Samuel. He's a true servant, too. Let's
turn back to 1 Samuel, chapter 3. He's a good servant. He's
a true servant. He has his moments when he questions
God's providence like all of us do. But Samuel's a proven,
tested, experienced servant of God. In 1 Samuel 3, verse 18, I have not shunned to declare
unto you all the counsel of God.' And he said, It's the Lord, let
him do what seemeth him good. And Samuel grew, and the Lord
was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
And all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew that Samuel
was established to be a prophet of the Lord." This man is God's
servant. And here you see him, God sending
him to anoint a king. He's got two things with him.
You know what they are? He's got a heifer. The prophet
of God never goes without these two things. He's got a heifer. He's got a sacrifice. He's got
a lamb. He's got the gospel. He's got, he hath redeemed us.
He hath reconciled us. He hath washed us from our sin.
He's done those things. He's got the heifer. He's got
that oil. He's got the gospel and he's
got the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God quickens, the
Spirit of God anoints, the Spirit of God sets men apart, the Spirit
of God sanctifies them, the gospel saves them. A true servant, going
forth with the true gospel, the Lamb, the blood, and the horn
of oil, the Holy Spirit, and Almighty God is about to call
a king. Now, I'm telling you, and that's
what Paul is writing about over here in 2 Corinthians. That's what Paul is writing about
over here when he says in 2 Corinthians, chapter 2, that all of God's
servants, preachers, and elders who go forth in the name of the
Lord on his mission with the gospel, by the power of the Spirit. Verse 14 of 2 Corinthians, chapter
2, Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in
Christ. and makes manifest the savor,
the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place. We are unto God a sweet fragrance
of Christ to them that are saved, and we are fragrance in them
that perish, to one we are the fragrance of death upon death,
to the other life upon life. Now who is sufficient for these
things? Who in the world is sufficient? Who in human flesh could ever
be sufficient for these things? But he gives the answer down
here in verse 5 of chapter 3, right below you there. Not that
we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves,
but our sufficiency is of God, who hath made us, who also hath
made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter,
but of the Spirit. The letter killeth, the Spirit
gives life. Our sufficiency is God. So this
man's not going forth in his strength, he's going forth in
the power and strength of the Lord. Well, Samuel didn't know
whom the Lord had chosen. God didn't name him. He said,
I'll name him later, you'll find out. You don't need to know.
All you need is to go. You don't need to know, you need
to go. You need to take the gospel, take the oil, and anoint, do
what I tell you, that's all you need to do. He didn't know. He
didn't know. and neither did anyone else.
Really, no one knows the great importance of this mission. It
says here in verse 4 that the elders of the town were upset.
These weren't church elders now. These were the elders of the
town. They were upset. They trembled at his coming,
and they said, You're coming peaceably? Is this just another
meeting or something special here? Is this just a good time
had by all, or is this special? It must not have been a very
popular thing because the elders were afraid. You see, I think
there are several things that bothered them. Number one, Samuel
was an old man now, and he didn't travel much. He didn't go abroad. The scriptures say he didn't
go abroad. He was an old man. And here he is showing up at
their town. The recognized prophet of God known by all of Israel
shows up at their town. And they know this as a rift
between him and King Saul. That he's mourning over Saul's
sin, and rebellion, and failure, and awful, awful acts. And it's a rip. Saul's mad at
Samuel. And all Saul's men are mad at
Samuel. And they know Samuel's a prophet of God, and yet they
wonder why he's come to their town. Has he come here for judgment? Has he come here with problems? Do you come peaceably? Now listen
to the answer. I'll tell you, when God sends
a man to anoint a king, it's peaceable. It's happy times. It's happy times. Maybe he'll
anoint one tonight. You never know. Anybody eligible? No. Nobody by nature. They're
all sons of Moabites. He says, peaceably I come, now
watch this, to sacrifice to the Lord. We're going to have a We're
going to have a service, a worship service. See, that's what, when
Abraham and Isaac went to the mountain, he told them, we're
going to worship. We're going to worship the Lord.
You fellas stay here, we're going to worship the Lord. And that's
what he's talking about here. We're going to have a worship
service. Worship service. So he said, sanctify yourselves
and come with me to the service. Sanctify yourselves. Come with
me to the service." You see, when people assemble to meet
with God, it's not just a town meeting, it's not just a group
gathering, it's not just social events, it's a solemn meeting.
It's serious. If you study this through the
Word, all the way through the Old Testament, when these people
came together to worship, to sacrifice unto the Lord, it was
a special time. They washed their clothes. They
didn't wear to the meeting what they farmed in. They didn't wear
to the meeting what they socialized in. It's a special thing. Let
me show you that in Exodus chapter 19. I went out there to preach
in California and had services in a big place in San Jose. I was shocked at the way the
people came to the services. Women actually wore shorts to
the worship service. They came in their blue jeans
and ragged clothes. I was shocked. I thought, do they go to their
special weddings and things like that, like this? Would they go
meet the President of the United States like that? Did they come
to worship God? Exodus 19, listen to this. In
Exodus 19, verses 10 and 11, the Lord said to Moses, You go
to the people now and sanctify them today, and tomorrow let
them wash their clothes and be ready against the third day,
for the third day the Lord is going to come down in the sight
of all the people. I'm not talking about a fellow
who has to dress like a, you know, fine clothes and all these things.
But people in Mexico, give us a good picture, you men and women
who have been down there, they're poor people. They don't have
fine clothes. But they're poor people. They
work in the fields and in just anything. And they play a lot
of baseball. They play baseball in just anything. And they're
out in their gatherings around the marketplace swapping and
selling and buying just in anything. But when those dear ladies come
to the house of God, And they, when they bathe in
Mexico, they don't have bathtubs and things like that. They have
these little round huts with a glass roof and they put a curtain
up and get behind the curtain on a stool and get a bucket of
water. And that's how they bathe. But they come in the best they
have. They wear their embroidered things, you know, and their white,
their white dresses, and the men come as best they have. They
wear their, their white shirts and their, their best pants. They're coming to meet God. It's
always that way. You know, you've been there.
Several of you have. That's the way they come to the services.
Every one of them. Special time. And that's what
he's saying. It turned to the book of Joel.
Well, if you don't want to, I've got it. I'll find it real quick.
Listen to this. in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly,
gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, get those that suck the breast, let the
bridegroom go forth out of his chamber and the bride out of
her closet, let the priest and the ministers of the Lord weep
between the porch and the altar, and let them cry unto God, O
God, save our people. And that's what he's saying here
in my text, in 1 Samuel 16. He said, now, these fellows,
you come peaceably to our town? He said, yes, I've come to worship
God. I'm going to have a service, a sacrifice. Now you, you fellows,
every one of you, every one of you, sanctify yourselves and
come with me. Come with me. We're going to
worship the Lord together. Come with me. Come with me." And especially
verse 5, he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them
to the sacrifice. It came to pass when they would
come that he looked on aloud and he said, surely the Lord's
anointing is before him. Now what's going on here? Well,
I read so many places trying to find out if Samuel told Jesse,
if Samuel told Jesse he came down there to anoint a king.
I'm just certain he didn't tell those sons. I'm just certain
of that. It wouldn't do for that word
to get out that David had been anointed king down there in Bethlehem
by Samuel, and Saul was a goner. If these boys had known that,
all seven of them, it would have been broadcast everywhere. But
don't think they knew it, and here's the reason I don't. Turn
to 1 Samuel 17. I want you to listen how they
talk to David later. He had already been anointed
King of Israel. And this was some time later. And Goliath had challenged the
armies, you remember, and David left the sheep and went down
there to take some provisions to his brothers. And this is
what they said to him in 1 Samuel 17, 28. And Elab, his eldest
brother, heard when David spake unto the men, and Elab's anger
was kindled against David. And he said, why camest thou
down hither? With whom have you left those
few sheep in the wilderness? You're supposed to be home taking
care of the sheep. Now who'd you put in charge of those few
sheep while you came down here? What'd you come down here for?
You think he'd talk that way to a man who'd been anointed
king of Israel? If he knew that? He didn't know that. I know your
pride. I know the naughtiness of your
heart. You come down here, you might see the battle. David said,
What have I done? What have I now done? What have
I done now? That's the kid brother. What have I done now? Is there
not a cause? No, these brothers didn't know.
Now, Jesse, I don't know. For some reason, I sort of believe
that Jesse knew some things. Like Mary pondered these things
in her heart. She knew that Christ was in the
South. kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
But Jesse might have known, because Jesse brings his sons before,
and this is a private meeting. Now, they've had the sacrifice.
They've killed the sacrifice, the heifer. They have roasted
it. They have shed the blood. They've
had the sacrifice. Now, listen to me. This is a
special gathering with Jesse and his sons to eat the sacrifice. Because the sacrifice, some of
it, belonged to the offerer. It's his food. Everybody's supposed
to take part in the eating, if they have enough there. But the
man who offered the sacrifice, it's his to share. So he invited
Jesse and the sons in a meeting. Here's the prophet, Jesse and
his seven sons. And they're going to sit down
to eat. But before they sit down, he's going to do what he came
for. That's what the servant of the Eliezer, the servant of
Abraham, told Rebekah's brothers, we're not going to eat until
I do what I came to do. We're not going to eat until
I do what I came to do. I came to get a husband for Isaac, and
we're going to do that before we eat. And this is what he's
going to do. So he brought in his sons, the
oldest first. Look here, it came to pass when
they would come that he looked on Eliab. And he said, surely
the Lord's anointing is before him. This is Samuel talking now. Eliab was the oldest. A lot of
other attributes. But the Lord said, Samuel, don't
look on his countenance. Don't look on the height of his
stature. I've refused him. The Lord seeth not as a man seeth.
Man looks on the outward appearance, God looks on the height. Then
Jesse Carl of Binidab made him pass before Samuel. He said,
neither hath the Lord chosen this. Then Samuel brought Shammah.
to pass by. That's the third son, neither
hath the Lord chosen him. And he made all seven of those
older brothers pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The
Lord has not chosen thee. The Lord has not chosen thee. Samuel said to Jesse, Are here
all your children? Well, he said, There remaineth
yet the youngest. He keeps the sheep. He keeps
the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, send and
fetch him. That's the way the Lord gets
his people, he fetches them. You remember David, David used
that word later himself. He told him to go down and fetch
Mephibosheth, go fetch him. Just like God fetched him. Fetch
him. We'll not sit down until he comes.
Now watch this, I love this. And he sent and brought him in.
David was running. David was no kid. I hear preachers
sometimes talk like David. David is 20 or 21 or 22 years
old here. He's a powerful man. Look at
verse 18, just above that. This is just a short time later.
One of the servants said to King Saul, Behold, I've seen a son
of Jesse of Bethlehem, and I... It's cunning and playing an instrument.
He's a mighty, valiant man. He's a man of war. He's prudent
in matters. He's a comely person, and the
Lord's with him. And David was ready, strong,
sunburned, outdoorsman, shepherd. David was, listen to this, a
beautiful countenance. The margin there says his eyes.
His eyes. That's the wonders of the soul.
The eyes. The eyes reveal whether you're
sick or well. The eyes reveal whether you're
happy or sad. The eyes reveal whether you're honest or crooked. His eyes are clear, honest, confident,
and he's good to look at, good to look at. He's kind and confident,
good to look at. But Brother Mahan, over in 1
Corinthians, he talks about the Lord's chosen people, and he
says over there in 1 Corinthians that God has chosen the foolish,
God's people aren't foolish. That's what the world calls them.
This is what the world calls them. They're not what they are.
God's people are not fools. They're not foolish. They're
people who have the wisdom of Christ. David was a man with
wisdom. What does the world call this
gospel? Foolishness. Is it foolishness?
Well, preachers know it's the wisest, most profound truth in
all the universe. See that? What the world calls
them and what you know is two different things. And God's people
looked upon by the world as foolish, weak. Paul says, when I'm weak,
I'm strong. We know where true strength is.
It's not in our cockiness and arrogance, it's in our Lord.
God's people aren't arrogant, they're weak and meek, lesser
than meek. God's people are base, not before
God they're not, they're kings. The war caused them banks. That's
right. That's what he's talking about. And this man David, this
man David had a good appearance. He looked like a believer. That's
right. Why? Because God's already working
in his heart. Before David ever came down off
that mountain, God was with him. That Lord chose him from eternity.
He said to Jeremiah, before I put you in the womb, I knew you. It's a good man to look at. And
when he came in, the Lord said, Arise and anoint him. This is
he. This is he. Where's the difference? It was
right here in verse 7. Here's the key, right here in
verse 7. The Lord said, Samuel, don't look on his outward countenance
and on the height of his statue. I've refused him. The Lord seeth
not as a man seeth. Man looks on the outward appearance
only. God looks on the height. But
I tell you this, if the heart is right, the appearance will
be right. If the inside of the cup is clean, the outside of
the cup will be clean. That's right. But David had a
broken heart. Someone gave this, and I'll let
you go. I'll give you this. David had a believing heart. When David walked down that mountain,
the hand of God was upon him. When he went back out there to
take care of his sheep, the Spirit of God was in him. That's right. He didn't quit the sheep business. Exactly what you read later on,
you read some more of this, I know your interest will be kindled,
but when they anointed him king, I don't know whether he really
knew what they were doing. Maybe so, Caesar, I just don't
know. But you know what he did? He went back to the sheep. And
when Cyrus sent for him, months later, he was out there with
the sheep. And you know what he did after he killed Goliath?
Come on now, he went back to the sheep. That's exactly right. Never got Mr. B, always a shepherd. But he had a believing heart.
He said, I believe, therefore I have spoken. He had a broken
heart. He said, the Lord's mouth is a broken heart. He had a humble
heart. I read while I go. He went and
sat before the Lord. He said, who am I? What is my
people? We're nothing. He had a grateful
heart. Blessed is the man whom thou
choosest, O Lord, and causeth to approach unto thee, he'll
be happy in thy house. He had a heart that meditated.
Blessed is the man. Blessed is the man that meditates
upon the word of God. Psalm 1. Yes, after all the years
of trial and conflict, he's just a young man here. And you know,
when it started raining, let's turn over here to 2 Samuel, I
believe I can find it. 2 Samuel chapter 5, I believe
it is. 2 Samuel chapter 5, verse 4. And David was 30 years
old when it began to rain. 30 years old. And it rained 40 years. But he
was thirty years old when he began to reign. He was anointed
and crowned, made a king early. But he had to go through some
things. God had to put him through some trials and all these things
to make him the king that he ordained him to be. All right,
the Lord blessed his word.