Everyone wants to be King David but not the experience of David
His own parents didn’t value him: when the prophet Samuel came to his house in search of the future king of Israel, they didn’t bring him unto Samuel but only his brothers till Samuel questioned them. (1)
Even after Samuel anointed him as the future King of Israel, his father sent David to tend the sheep but sent his brothers to war. (2)
When David went to the war zone, his brothers belittled him, telling him to go back and tend his sheep. (3)
Even after he killed Goliath, the people of Israel lifted up stones to kill him, (4)
Saul hunted him for years to kill him and stop him from becoming king. (5)
Even after becoming king, his wife insulted him. (6)
The very son he loved most, Absalom, was impatient and couldn’t wait for his father to give him the throne, and tried to kill him. (7)
No one wants all this, yet everyone wants to become a king like David! (8)
References (Scripture)
(1) 1 Samuel 16:6–11 (KJV) — Samuel at Jesse’s house; David sent for from the sheep. ↑
(2) 1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV); 17:12–18 (KJV) — Anointing; brothers at war; David and the sheep / sent to camp. ↑
(3) 1 Samuel 17:28–30 (KJV) — Brothers’ rebuke at the camp. ↑
(4) 1 Samuel 17:48–51 (KJV); 30:6 (KJV) — Goliath slain; 30:6 — David distressed; his men spoke of stoning him. ↑
(5) 1 Samuel 18:6–11 (KJV); 19:1–2 (KJV); 23:15 (KJV) — Saul’s jealousy and pursuit (examples). ↑
(6) 2 Samuel 6:16–20 (KJV) — Michal and David. ↑
(7) 2 Samuel 15–18 (KJV); 18:33 (KJV) — Absalom’s revolt; David’s grief. ↑
(8) — Devotional closing (no single verse). ↑
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