"Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these."
And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here."
1 Samuel 16:10-11 (NKJV)
Having a wide variety of choices is often a good thing. If you want to eat at a restaurant, there are different places that you could go. But what if there was one restaurant located next door to you, but it did not have the kind of food you wanted, and it was more expensive than what you were willing to pay? And what if there were other restaurants to choose from, but they were not as close to you? Would you just go to the restaurant that was nearby, or would you go a bit farther to the place you really wanted to eat at? Sometimes our choices are only as limited as we allow them to be.
When God directed Samuel to go to the home of Jesse to find the new king, Jesse showed Samuel seven of his eight sons, leaving David out of the group. After Samuel had seen the first seven sons, he knew that none of them were God's choice. Samuel could have just said, "Well, none of these are the right one, but these seem to be the only choices that I have, so I will just pick one of them and move on." Samuel could have done that, but he would have missed what God wanted to do. Samuel knew what God had said, and Samuel was not willing to settle for anything less than what God had promised.
Sometimes, when we see something in God's Word, we then pray and take a stand in faith, but we do not see the results we expect. This is when the devil will tell us that we cannot have and experience what God has said, and our choices are limited to something that does not really agree with God's Word or meet the need. That is when we need to make the choice to stay with what God has said. No matter what choices it seems like we are facing, we must choose to believe that what God says is true, and take a stand on that to receive what we need; that is our choice.
And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here."
1 Samuel 16:10-11 (NKJV)
Having a wide variety of choices is often a good thing. If you want to eat at a restaurant, there are different places that you could go. But what if there was one restaurant located next door to you, but it did not have the kind of food you wanted, and it was more expensive than what you were willing to pay? And what if there were other restaurants to choose from, but they were not as close to you? Would you just go to the restaurant that was nearby, or would you go a bit farther to the place you really wanted to eat at? Sometimes our choices are only as limited as we allow them to be.
When God directed Samuel to go to the home of Jesse to find the new king, Jesse showed Samuel seven of his eight sons, leaving David out of the group. After Samuel had seen the first seven sons, he knew that none of them were God's choice. Samuel could have just said, "Well, none of these are the right one, but these seem to be the only choices that I have, so I will just pick one of them and move on." Samuel could have done that, but he would have missed what God wanted to do. Samuel knew what God had said, and Samuel was not willing to settle for anything less than what God had promised.
Sometimes, when we see something in God's Word, we then pray and take a stand in faith, but we do not see the results we expect. This is when the devil will tell us that we cannot have and experience what God has said, and our choices are limited to something that does not really agree with God's Word or meet the need. That is when we need to make the choice to stay with what God has said. No matter what choices it seems like we are facing, we must choose to believe that what God says is true, and take a stand on that to receive what we need; that is our choice.
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