Why God thought of David to be the king after Saul, inspite of having his elder brothers in the army of King Saul ? God saw how much he cared for his sheep, he didn't leave one of his sheep as a prey to either lion or bear, but he fought/kill the animal until it let it's prey/sheep (1Samuel.17:34,35). This is exactly the attitude that made God to select David as King. If someone who fought with a wild animal for the sake of an animal, how much more does he care for the people. This exactly what God saw in David. These are the words once I listened on the Television by an Evangelist (Rajkumar Patta). Isn't that true, God doesn't look to our outward appearance but He searches for our attitude towards Him. It is the same attitude that God showed towards us when we were all been scoop away by sin, Jesus not leaving us to our fate, gave us freedom from bondage of sin, taking up the fight with satan. Amazing isn't it. Faith without attitude is void.
Above is my Facebook post on David. There are certain comments that are very educative which are given below as Q-for comment/question asked and A-is the answer which I have given.
Q - Did God also see the murderer in him and his lust for other men's wives?
A - Dear ...., First of all I am a very big admirer of you. Wish that all the hard work and your theories come out true and support Bible literally. Coming to the post, God has seen the attitude for the purpose to be served, to the question of lust and murder it is his carnal appetite. God wants everybody to be fit for His purpose, but we are fallen by our own appetites. This is all what I can help you with. I am overwhelmed with joy speaking to you on Facebook. Thank you Sir.
Q - Can you see where I have a problem? I see Saul forgive the Amalekite (in the way of teachings of Christ) and for that he is cursed by Samuel who hacks the man to death. And I see David ordering the murder of Uriah because he lusts after the Hittite's wife. David got to write the history of the time because he was the victor and victors always write history in their own light.
A - Yes, the victors will always write their own history. That dosen't mean that David lived a pure life and Saul obeyed God. David sinned against God by having Bathsheba and Saul disobeyed God by sparing the life of Amalekite king and the animals. Nobody is a victor over here. It is the purpose of God that he should come down from the clan of Judah because he should be a King and the only sacrifice where only a Levite can offer; a prophecy to be a fufilled. The victor is God himself and He is writing his own story to the mankind. Hope I stood by your statement. Thank you.
Q - I think it was Christ who said 'forgive your enemies'. So I don't think Saul disobeyed God ... unless God said 'do not forgive your enemies' ... in which case God and the Son of God seem to be at odds.
A - I believe God has his own plans and strategies which a man cannot understand. God and Son of God are not different but One and the same which I cannot explain in words. How can One and Only God be at odd?
Q - It's either called schizophrenia or the fact that the teachings of Jesus are different to the laws of Moses. Do you not see the contradiction between Saul's forgiveness of his enemy being punished by God and Jesus' teaching about loving and forgiving your enemies? So you are right ... as a man (a mere mortal) I certainly do not understand.
A - Yes Sir, we are mere mortals who cannot understand Him, but He is just in everything he does. With all due respect speaking to a great man of God like you make sense in my life. Pray that you should be used by God to his best.
Q - David killed a lion and a bear after he was anointed by Samuel the prophet. David was an ordinary man without the anointing. After he was anointed he killed the bear the lion Goliath n many more. But God didn’t choose him seeing his attitude in fact morally he was lower than Saul the king. God chose him for his purpose. That doesn't mean everyone chosen by God would turnout to be what God intended. It is Grace.
A - Biblically you are right. But that doesn't necessarily mean that David killed the lion and the bear after he was annointed by Prophet Samuel, 1Samuel.16:1, says that David was already been chosen by God himself. It is not Samuel who chose but it is God who chose, so the question of killing the animals after anointing dosen't arise. Before going to fight with Goliath, David is reassuring the emminent win by reminding Saul his past experiences and victories, which may or may not be taken place before or after anointing. There are 73 Psalms out of 150 which are written by David. Does all the 73 Psalms were written after the anointing? Definitely there could have been Psalms sung by David even before his anointing. This shows that he has a heart for God. And God chooses by seeing who is obedient to Him in his heart (1Samuel.15:22). And being obedient is an attitude. This attitude made God in choosing David. Every chosen one who has a heart for God turnsout to be a great leader, whether he may be used before a great multitude or within his family members.
Q - Bible is written by the HolySpirit meaning that the people who were used by God to write were anointed, whatever people may think, the Bible says, Not by might nor bt power but by my Spirit sayaith the Lord. Lion is not just a cat to kill, neither a bear a small thing to deal with, humanly certain things are impossible unless God does. Its not a simple thing to kill a lion. And when God does, its through his anointing. If it was just killing of animals, it wouldnt have been written in bible. It was quite remarkable from God's side that he felt the killing of lion and bear was important and so that topic was included. Saul was also anointed but didnt have enough faith to use the anointing, hence a carnal man. If David was so careful about his flock that God chose him to be a king then why did God continue him as a king when he took URIAH's wife cunningly and also murdered him?..Uriah was one of the sheep in David's flock. David who cared for an animal didnt care for the life of a man who was made in God's image. God knew that David would sin still he chose him...that is Grace. I love that grace. I love .... (you) also.
A - Agreed that all the Scripture is by the inspiration of God (2 Timothy.3:16). To the question of killing the wild animals, I believe that every flock keeper will care about his flock and their experiences can be adventurous at times. Every flock keeper has his own adventurous stories; with all the respect towards the Scriptures and David not counting them as least. It is an act of courage and will to withstand the situations which in case of David resulted him in making all the tribes and even reaching far in making his kingdom as one (Israel and Judah). Killing the wild animals to me is not a big issue and which cannot be measured as strength after the anointing. It is not new to us listening to this that, God uses our skills for His purpose. No doubt that after the anointing David was more involved in army of Saul and its administration and playing harp for Saul than as a flock keeper. In my last reply I haven't denied killing the wild animals, but the event might have taken place either before or after the anointing which David is memorising of his act before Saul in a conversation before the fight with Goliath. To the question of anointing, David wasn't chosen by Samuel but by God himself (1Samuel.16:1). Anointing to me is a bench-mark by the Chroniclers of these books. 1Samuel.16:1, says that God has chosen David and its not the anointing that changed something in David. David was and is of the same attitude(love) towards God. That is why he wrote so many Psalms. That is why he could again reconcile with God after the sin he committed with Uriah' wife (Psalm 51). David was led by the Spirit of God as a flock keeper and as a King too. David wrote Psalms before anointing with the help of the Holy Spirit. What anointing brought into the life of David is, the Spirit of God took control of David and stayed with him. That is why David confesses his sin and reconciled with God again which Saul could not do. I want to give you a much more clearer example from the NT on the leading (work) of the Holy Spirit (anointing). We know that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are One and the same. In Matthew.16:13-17, Jesus when enquired about himself, Peter comes out with an answer "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God", Jesus endorses that saying "for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven". How could Peter came to know that truth; only with the help of the Spirit of God. It is in the book of Acts, 2:4, where all the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit. This dosen't mean that the Spirit of God didn't empower them in the past. Infact there are examples where the disciples baptised people and not just the disciples, but there are others who also baptised people after John the baptist. Dosen't these incidents profess the works of the Holy Spirit God. Yes, the Spirit of God worked even before the day of Pentecost. But the day of Pentecost was a bench-mark when the Spirit of God controlled and stayed upon the disciples. This is how the Spirit of God works and anointing is just one of the channels through which God works. To the question of the continuity of the kingship after the murder of Uriah, the answer is Psalm 51. Saul recognised that he sinned against God but instead of making a confession for his sins before God, asks Samuel to come with me so that I may worship the Lord (1Samuel.15:25). But David after acknowledging his sin against God, he didn't request Nathan to come with him so that he can confess his sins before God, but goes himself to God in confession of his sins. In his Psalm 51:3,4,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,17 all these verses show the attitude of David, the way he confesses and reconciles with God again. This attitude is what God saw in David. And coming to the question of grace, Grace is an act of Love from God. Matthew.5:45, " .... for he maketh his sun raise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust". God' grace has no formalities. It was by grace David was chosen, it was by grace he was been forgiven. But David recognised that grace of God which made him confess his sins. It is this attitude that made David a man after God' own heart. Even today this grace is upon each and everybody on earth, how many are confessing their sins, it is only those who confess are who are persuaded by the Spirit of God. But unless he be enlightened, which I call it as attitude, he won't accept Christ as his Lord and Savior. Even on an unbeliever the Spirit of God works, because He is God of Love. God loves even me and you too.
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