David and Samuel and Jesse

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฃ

โ€ข When you were younger, what career or profession did you want to have? How has that changed over time?

โ€ข Whatโ€™s the most recent item you bought? Did you consider its price or quality? What factor helps you determine what you will buy?

โ€ข Think about what you first notice when you look at people. What conclusions do you make based on outward appearances


๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ? ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.โ€ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿญ


(Read also ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ.)


When Israel demanded for a king, God called Samuel to anoint Saul as Israelโ€™s first king. But Saul disobeyed God. So God chose another person to lead His people and called Samuel again to anoint the next king. This time, it was a young man after Godโ€™s own heart. He would go on to be one of the greatest leaders of Israel, and our Lord and Savior Jesus would come from his line. In the same way, God wants us to take part in reaching and raising the next and future generations. Today, through the story of David and Samuel, letโ€™s learn how we can participate in what God is doing.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹โ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ.โ€ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต.โ€ . . . ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ.โ€ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿณ,๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ


In obedience to Godโ€™s call, Samuel came to Jesseโ€™s house and examined each of his sons. Samuel considered their appearance and stature, but God was looking at what was unseenโ€”their hearts. When Davidโ€”who was initially left out of the choicesโ€”appeared, God told Samuel that David was the chosen one. David was the youngest son who was tasked to care for his familyโ€™s sheep. Samuel obeyed and anointed David as king. Godโ€™s purposes go beyond what we usually see. We need wisdom and guidance from God so that we can raise up young people to fulfill their calling. Who are the people who saw potential in you? What did they see in you?


๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐˜€.ย 

๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ, โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ . . .โ€ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.โ€ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!โ€ย  ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐— ๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿณ


While David was but a young shepherd, he was growing in his relationship with God and faithfully fulfilled his tasks, learning many lessons which helped him face giants for God later on. When the Israelites were being attacked by the Philistines, they grew afraid because of Goliath, a giant soldier who had been taunting them and their God. David heard this and decided to face him. Others doubted his abilities. But David was confident in God, because he saw how God helped him fight beasts as a shepherd. This ultimately led to their victory. God desires for us to be faithful, regardless of the season we are in, as we wait for His purposes to unfold. What is something God has called you to do that didnโ€™t make sense at first but became clear as you acted in faith?


๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก

โ€ข In light of Godโ€™s word, how should we look at others, especially younger people?

โ€ข In what ways is God calling you to participate in reaching the next generation? How will you obey God, as Samuel did?

โ€ข Think of one or two young people in your community or sphere of influence. How may you help them grow in their relationship with God and live out their calling and purpose in Him?


๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ

โ€ข Thank God for His heart for the next generation. Thank Him that He calls every generation to follow Him and take part in what He is doing in our world.

โ€ข Ask God to teach you to look at others from His perspective, as He did when He chose David. Pray that God would help you do the same with young people.

โ€ข Pray for boldness and compassion to preach Godโ€™s word to and raise the next generation.