1 Samuel 17:35-40 – I went after it, struck it and rescued the
sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed
both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like
one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me
from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.” Then Saul dressed David in
his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a
bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword
over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he
took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones
from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his
sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
1
Samuel 10:18 – Samuel
summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah and said to
them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel,
says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of
Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
Psalm 78:72 – And David
shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.
Application:
- · Reliance on the Lord was essential for the true theocratic king.
- · Speaking through Samuel, the Lord emphasizes to the people that He has been their deliverer throughout the history. He brought them out of Egypt and delivered them from all their enemies during the time of the judges.
- · Israel under the care of the Lord’s royal shepherd from the house of David was for the prophets the hope of God’s people.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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