Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone! Remember to take stock of what the Lord has shared with us on this special day! Do not be overwhelmed by the size of today's newspapers, they contain ads for Christmas! Today is a day of giving thanks!
Here is our study guide for today: Thursday: Please find and read the story of David’s anointing in 1 Samuel 16:1-7. In that passage we get a glimpse of how God sees. Do you possess the vision of God in all things? Or do you, like so many, suffer from limited vision? Are you seeing only what you want, without trusting God and God’s vision for your life?
Here is the passage from 1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." 2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, "I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' 3 Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you." 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?" 5 He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is now before the Lord." 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
The key verse is verse 7 where the Lord tells Samuel, you got it all wrong; I'm not impressed with handsomeness, stature, physcial abilities! I look at a person's heart. On that day, God knew David's heart. It was a heart filled with love and trust in Him. It was a heart full of the joy of knowing the strength of God and the ability of God to lead and guide and protect.
May this day serve as the day in which we begin to see in God the things we had not yet seen and to trust like we had never before trusted. May God grant to us that which we need.
PRAYER: Loving Father, forgive me for not seeing as You; I have failed many times to have the heart of David the boy. Fill my heart with joy, love, and trust. Let me see You at work all around me. Let me begin to see You more in others. Let me see beyond myself. I pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
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Here is our study guide for today: Thursday: Please find and read the story of David’s anointing in 1 Samuel 16:1-7. In that passage we get a glimpse of how God sees. Do you possess the vision of God in all things? Or do you, like so many, suffer from limited vision? Are you seeing only what you want, without trusting God and God’s vision for your life?
Here is the passage from 1 Samuel 16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." 2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, "I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' 3 Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one whom I name to you." 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?" 5 He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is now before the Lord." 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
The key verse is verse 7 where the Lord tells Samuel, you got it all wrong; I'm not impressed with handsomeness, stature, physcial abilities! I look at a person's heart. On that day, God knew David's heart. It was a heart filled with love and trust in Him. It was a heart full of the joy of knowing the strength of God and the ability of God to lead and guide and protect.
May this day serve as the day in which we begin to see in God the things we had not yet seen and to trust like we had never before trusted. May God grant to us that which we need.
PRAYER: Loving Father, forgive me for not seeing as You; I have failed many times to have the heart of David the boy. Fill my heart with joy, love, and trust. Let me see You at work all around me. Let me begin to see You more in others. Let me see beyond myself. I pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
