| Why Was David Chosen To Be A King?
1 Samuel 13:14
Yahweh Has Sought For Himself ‘A Person After His Own Heart’
Psalm 89:20
‘I Have Found’ David, ‘My Servant’. I Have Anointed Him With My Holy Oil.
‘Yahweh Was Searching For And Now He Has Found David’.
‘A Person After His Own Heart’.
What Does That Mean? And ‘My Servant?’ There Used To Be A Looney Tunes Cartoon Where Ralph Wolf And Sam Sheepdog
Would Punch In On A Time Clock And They Would Greet One Another. Then Throughout The Rest Of The Day Until They Clocked Out, They Were Enemies, Until Tomorrow.
However, Sheep Don’t Keep 9-to-5 Schedules. My Father Was A Pastor For 42 Years And The Numerous
Times Dad Would Have To Lay Aside Some Project He Was
Working On, Or Have His Vacation Interrupted Because He
Had To Rush Back To His Church Because Someone Was In
The Hospital, or A Person Died And The Family Wanted Dad
To Perform The Funeral And He Would Have To Cut Short
His Time Visiting Kinfolks In The Smoky Mountains. To Give Up One’s
Agenda To Tend To The Flock… ‘That’s
A Pastor’s Heart, And A Person After Yahweh’s Own Heart’.
I Have Had Several Folks Tell Me That They Thought I Have A
Pastor’s Heart. Well, It Wasn’t On Purpose.
I Didn’t Want To Give Up What I Was Doing To Go To The
Hospital… …But, The Love Of Yahweh Just Kept Leaking
Out~! ‘The Love Of Yahweh Compels Us’, (2 Corinthians 5:14-15);
To Willing Do The Right Thing, (Isaiah 1:19). Not For Selfish Gain or
Filthy Lucre,
{NT:146 ~ A Person Who Is Eager To Gain Even If Such Gain Degrades Their Moral Character},
Not As A Hireling,
(John 10:12, 1 Timothy 3:2-3).
It Means To Lay Down Your Life, Your Plans, Your Agenda, For The Flock That
Yahweh Has Entrusted You With, (John 10:11-15);
And To Do So Cheerfully. “For They Watch For Your Souls, As They That Must Give Account, That They May Do It With
‘Joy’~!”, {Hebrews 13:7; 17}.
It Is The Exact Same Thing A Husband Is Told To Do For Their Wives, (Ephesians 5:28); But On A
Bigger Scale~! This Is ‘A Person After Yahweh’s Own Heart’.
Sometimes, An Ewe, (A Female Sheep) Was About To Give Birth Any Day Now, (Called ‘Lambing’). A Shepherd Watching Over Their Pasture, (Pastor), Would Know The State Of Their Flock And
They Would Know That Fluffy Was About To Give Birth And They Might HaveTo Pull An Overnighter In The Cold With
Left Over Food And Follow Fluffy All Around And Make Sure She Doesn’t Fall In A Ditch, (Because Of Her
Being Pregnant With Additional Weight And Off-Balance, She Might Tumble Down A Hill). Perhaps There Was A Joyous Event Taking Place Back At The Homestead, (A Celebration, A Birthday Party, An Anniversary, A Feast Day}… But
The Shepherd Couldn’t Leave
Because They Were Needed To Watch After Fluffy As She Was In A Vulnerable Situation From Predators During Labor, And In Case She Needed Assistance. Was This Noticed By Yahweh? You Betcha~!
So, Here’s The Reason Why David Was Chosen
To Be A King~!
Psalm 78:70-73 ~
He Also Chose David His Servant, And Took Him From The Sheepfolds; From Following The Ewes Great With Young
He Brought Him To Feed Jacob His People, And Israel His Inheritance, So He Was Their Shepherd
According To ‘The Integrity Of His Heart’, And Guided Them By The Skillfulness Of His Hands
2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Chronicles 17:7. ~
Now Therefore Thus Shall You Tell ‘My Servant’ David, Thus Says
‘Yahweh Of Hosts’ ,
I Took You From The Sheep Pen, From Following The Sheep, That You Should Be Prince Over My People, Over Israel
1 Samuel 17:34-35 ~
“And David Said Unto Saul, ‘Your Servant’
Kept His Father’s Sheep,
And There Came A Lion, And A Bear, And Took A Lamb Out Of The Flock: Your
Servant Slew Both The Lion And The Bear: And
This unCircumcised Philistine Shall Be As One Of Them, Seeing He Has Defied The Armies Of The Living God”.
Do A Word Study On ‘Kept’ or ‘Keep’, {Start With
Psalm 121:5-8
& Take It ALL The Way To Yahoshua Words, (John 17:12)}.
David Would Follow The
Ewes And Stay With Them If They Were Pregnant Probably Meaning An Overnighter Without Much Food
Probably In The Cold,
Eating Leftovers Alone Instead Of The ‘Supper With The Family’ And Miss Out
On The Joyous Laughter.
David Was A Good Shepherd In The Pastures, And Yahweh Wanted
Someone With A Heart Like His, That Would Want To Watch
Over And Tend To Those In His Charge, And Not Someone
Doing It For Money, (Not A Hireling ~ Read It For Yourself). ‘A Person After His Own Heart’ ‘My Servant’.
Notice This About David And Compare It To Being A Good Shepherd And Probably One Of The Reasons That David Was Chosen.
1 Samuel 17:20 And David Rose Up Early In The Morning,
And ‘Left The Sheep With A Keeper’ Of The Supplies / Baggage / Quartermaster
Carriages, And Took, And Went,
As Jesse Had Commanded Him; And He Came To The Trench, As The Host Was Going Forth To The Fight, And Shouted For The Battle.
1 Samuel 17:22 And David
Left His Carriage ‘In The Hand
Of The Keeper’ Of The Carriage, And Ran Into The Army, And Came And Saluted His Brethren.
And David Valued Those That Stayed And ‘Kept’ Their
Provisions, (1 Samuel 30:21-23).
Or Enter Here
To See How ‘Yahoshua Kept The Disciples In His Charge’.
Matthew 25:23
His Lord Said To Him, ‘Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant;
You Have Been Faithful Over A Few Things, I Will Make You Ruler Over Many Things. Enter
Into The ‘Joy’ Of Your Lord.’
Suppose You Know Of Someone That Has A Pet(s) And They Go Out Of Town? And They Just Leave
The Pet Alone With Some Dry Food or Water For A Few Days. Or You Know
Of Someone Else When They Go Out Of Town, They Get A
Neighbor To Watch After Their Pet(s) And A Key To The House, So That They Can
Check On The Pet(s). If You Had To Go Out Of Town And Leave Your Pets
With Someone, Which Would You Choose? This Is Precisely What Yahweh
Did. This Is What It Means To Have A
‘Pastor’s {Shepherd’s} Heart’. Yahweh Chose Someone That Had A ‘Good Shepherd’s Heart’
To Shepherd His Folks. Except, We Are Not Just Talking About Feeding Them With Food.
‘Be Diligent To Know The State Of Your Flocks’, ‘And Attend To Your Herds’,
(Proverbs 27:23).
“‘Take Care And Be On Guard For Yourselves And The Whole Flock Over Which The Holy Spirit Has Appointed You
As A Watchman’, {OverSeer, Guardians}
<NT: Cháris, Strong’s Concordance # G01985)>,
‘To Shepherd (Tend And Feed And Guide)’ The Church Of The Lord or Of God Which He Obtained For Himself [Buying It And Saving It For Himself] With His Own Blood”.
(Acts 20:28).
† Tend, {Shepherd, Nurture, Guard, Guide, And Fold}
<NT: Cháris, Strong’s Concordance # G04165)>,
The Flock Of God That Is [Your Responsibility],
Not By Coercion or Constraint, ‘But Willingly’; Not DisHonorably Motivated By The Advantages And Profits
[Belonging To The Office], But ‘Eagerly And Cheerfully’,
(1 Peter 5:1-5).
† Feed The Flock Of God Which Is Among You, Taking The Oversight Thereof, Not By Constraint, ‘But Willingly’;
Not For Filthy Lucre, But Of A Ready Mind; Neither As Being Lords Over God’s Heritage, But Being Ensamples,
{An Example To Be Imitated ~ Of Men Worthy Of Imitation}, To The Flock,
(1 Peter 5:2-3).
† ‘To Feed, Implies The Whole Office
Of The Shepherd As Guiding, Guarding, Folding Of The Flock As Well As Leading It To Nourishment’,
(From The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament © 1992 By AMG International, Inc. Revised Edition, 1993)
“Be An Example To The Flock”. Yahweh Didn’t Appoint You Over Them To Be A
King To Lord It Over Them, But To Be A Shepherd, {† To Tend And To Feed}, (Ezekiel 34:1-10),
And ‘To Lead Them As The Good Shepherd Would~!’
See Also (Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52;
Luke 14:11; 1 Peter 5:6;
James 1:9; James 4:10).
Good Shepherds Examples In Scripture:
Psalm 23; Jeremiah 23:1-5; Isaiah 40:11
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15, 22-23; 37:24
Zechariah 13:7; Matthew 20:28
Mark 10:45; John 10:11
John 15:13; 1 John 3:16
Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:12, 25; 5:4
John 21:15-17; Revelation 7:17.
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