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*Thanks to Jon
The last time WE were together - 2 weeks ago - we walked through the ANOINTING of David - BY Samuel.
Now - AFTER his anointing - David wasn’t RUSHED to the front of the line...
There was no CELEBRATION...
No Happy King Day party...
There was simply an ANOINTING of David - by Samuel.
David - as we’re told in the text - WAS NOT Samuel’s first choice...
He actually would have been Samuel’s LAST choice -
Samuel was ALL ABOUT Eliab being King -- one of David’s brothers - because he LOOKED the part...
Well - God corrects Samuel and says...
And so God here - (as we saw 2 weeks ago) ELEVATES the Spiritual - OVER the physical… over appearance!
And God then - reveals who the next King will be...
David HERE - anointed as the next KING… NOT just in front of Jesse (his dad) and his brothers...
BUT ALSO - in the presence of the Elders of the city of Bethlehem...
v6 - Next 3 words...
So David here was ANOINTED by Samuel - in the presence of his family and the Elders...
Did the people KNOW who Samuel was?
Of COURSE!
The elders came to Samuel - TREMBLING…Why?
Because they KNEW he was - a PROPHET…and that God SPOKE THROUGH him!
Well - - these elders SEE Samuel ANOINT David… - and That’s gonna play into our message today...
So let’s get to it - AFTER David is anointed - we pick up here in the text...
NOW - after gazing at the story...
What sticks out to you after hearing this…?
it SEEMS - that David here - he’s getting BOSSED around quite a bit is he NOT?
Go get this kid...
BRING him HERE...
PLAY your instrument for me…(do it - NOW)
Ok thanks...
OK - PLAY it AGAIN…now - do it!
Ok Stop playing - play again!
For SOMEONE who had just been ANOINTED by THE PROPHET - (God Himself-THRU Samuel) … not only in front of WITNESSES...
His family - AND the elders of the CITY...
David SURE IS getting PRODDED and PULLED here!
David is the FUTURE KING!
Now in our text - we’re simply told that David was anointed...
It doesn’t SAY what Samuel SAID to David...
BUT = if we just go back to the LAST ANOINTING that Samuel performed…what did he SAY then?
NOW - again - we DON’T KNOW what Samuel said to David - but we can rest assured that he said SOMETHING! - AND that David KNEW what this ANOINTING was all about!
When Saul SENT for David - and David began to see what this call was all about..
David CERTAINLY could have PUSHED BACK - and said - Uhhh…no! I’m the NEW SHERIFF in town!
But he DIDN’T do that…why?
SLIDE:
Servant Leadership
And something we need to know about Servant Leadership = is this...
SLIDE: Servant Leadership: Serves in Humility Before the Lord
Servant Leadership
Servant Leadership is a Leadership that OPERATES - ALWAYS in relation to CHRIST and HIS posture to the world.
What was THAT posture?
We’re going to come back to this verse all day - BECAUSE it gives us the roadmap to this KIND of Leadership!
SLIDE:
If I am to be first, I must be last...
(Repeat after me)
THIS is the heart posture of a Servant Leader!
And you can see how THIS posture PRODUCES - Humility of heart!
And the apostle Paul actually described this kind of humility...
Count OTHERS - more significant than yourself!
THIS is what servant leaders do!
And it’s THIS HERE - that leads to SOMETHING...
it leads to this...
Mark 10:45 is LIVED OUT - because of Humility of the Heart - BEFORE the Lord!
I count OTHERS as MORE IMPORTANT than myself - and THEREFORE - I SERVE them!!
And of COURSE we can look to Christ as an example of this...
BUT - we can also see others in the Scriptures who displayed this kind of HUMBLE leadership!
BUT this HUMILITY - is a Humility BEFORE the Lord...
It STARTS there!
THINK of how many people attend church Sunday after Sunday...
NOT as servant leaders...
What do they need MORE OF?
Do they need more ENERGY?
Do they need more DRIVE?
more ambition?
more INITIATIVE?
m…a..y..b..e
But what we DO KNOW - is that they need more - HUMILITY before the LORD!
it starts there!
It’s about STANDING before God - and EMBRACING the reality that - I EXIST - FOR HIM.
God tells me to COUNT others as MORE IMPORTANT than MYSELF!
But know THIS -
I’m called to COUNT HIM as MOST important!
The apostle PAUL - a MAN of unmatched ARROGANCE - preconversion....
SAID THIS - after embracing Jesus!...
DO YOU HEAR - the Humility - BEFORE the LORD!!????
We need to PRAY this EVERY SINGLE DAY - because SO often - we WAKE UP - and WE DO count our lives of VALUE…AND as PRECIOUS to OURSELVES!
We count OURSELVES as MORE IMPORTANT than others...
We count OUR PREFERENCES as MORE important than OTHERS!!
We SO OFTEN - wake up in the morning, and adorn themselves with our List of Preferences
Instead of coming in READY to SERVE - we wake up and adorn ourselves with our SHINY whistle - so we can play - Referee
And they exist in the body - to blow our whistle and call fouls.
That’s called a REFEREE!
And here’s what we know about Referees… you let me know if this is true...
When referees retire - no one cares.
Referees retire all the time - do we care?
- No.
They’re not IN THE GAME - they’re not COMMITTED to - WIN
They’re simply there to blow their whistle.
LISTEN - We need a NEW DOSE of humility - EVERY morning - if we wanna LIVE like Jesus lived!
The APATHETIC church-goer needs more HUMILITY before the Lord!
If they want to be a SERVANT Leader...
So that they can say WITH PAUL -
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