Kings and Prophets Vol. 1 Part 3

Speaker: Rev Patrick Kelley

Originally Recorded 6 March 2016

1 Samuel 13:14 NIV

But now your kingdom will not endure; the lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the lord's command."

1 Samuel 16:21-23 NIV

David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, "Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him." Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

1 Samuel 17:26 NIV

David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17:37 NIV

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."

1 Samuel 18:7-14 NIV

As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands." Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. "They have credited David with tens of thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?" And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David. The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice. Saul was afraid of David, because the lord was with David but had departed from Saul. So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. In everything he did he had great success, because the lord was with him.

1 Samuel 24:10 NIV

This day you have seen with your own eyes how the lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, 'I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the lord's anointed.'

Thoughts/

David didn't live on the fence.

Key Verse

1 Samuel 16:13 NIV

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

Thoughts

David didn't accept the status quo

Everyone wants to be free.

We’re most free when we are abandoned to a spirit filled life.

Big Idea:

God is calling us into an unparalleled life of wonder and awe. We were made to stand out as the people of God.

Closing Thought:

A life lived “standing out” is a life that is unencumbered and filled with wonder and awe. It is an adventure that God is calling us into.

Steps to walk this out:

-Commit to All-In Because its Worth it! -Reframe your experience by reframing your thoughts -Understand it’s a process

-Oswald Chambers Quote

“If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, he means for you to cultivate the interior.”