Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilled in playing, and he is a valiant man and a man of war, and skilled in speech, and of good presence, and the Lord is with him. (1 Samuel 16:18). In Chapter 16 Samuel is sent of the Lord to anoint this His chosen one. All glorying in the flesh and its birthright are here set aside; and the youngest, despised and forgotten of all, whoo kept the sheep, is chosen of God; for the Lord "seeth not as man seeth" (Verse 7 KJV). Samuel, taught of God, does not hesitate in his decision, and can accept none of the seven who are at home. " Are here all thy children?" At length he anoints David, brought in from the field. God does not set David at once in the height of Power, as He did in the case of Saul. He must make his way by grace and faith through all kinds of difficulties; and, although filled with the Holy Spirit, he must act in the presence of a power devoid of the Spirit, Saul whom God has not yet set aside. He must be subject and be humbled, he must feel his entire dependence on God, and that God is sufficient in all circumstances; and his faith must be developed by trial in which God is felt to be all. Beautiful type of One who, without sin, journeyed through far more painful circumstances! And not only a type, but at the same time a vessel prepared by God for the Holy Spirit, who could fill him with sentiments describing so touchingly, in the Psalms, the sufferings of Christ Himself and His sympathy. For one cannot doubt that the trials of David gave rise to the greater part of the beautiful psalms. The Psalms depict the circumstances, the trials, and the complaints of the remnant of Israel in the last days, as well as of Christ Himself. Thus they have furnished many other burdened souls with the expression and the relief of their sorrows.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:23:18 +0000
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