* Be faithful in little and you will be faithful in big.

* Being faithful with nobody watching is the path to being faithful when everybody is watching.

* Vs 70-72 - David was prepared to shepherd people because he was faithful to shepherd sheep.

* God crowning David the shepherd king would be like Warren Buffet giving control of his companies to his young nephew who ran a snow-cone business.

* He guided them “with skillful hands.”

* He took his job seriously - he didn’t cut corners.

* Phillip Keller, a professional shepherd, wrote a book on Psalm 23.

* He said that for sheep to “lie down” 4 things are required:

* 1) They must be FULL.

* 2) They must be UNAFRAID.

* 3) They must be CONTENT.

* 4) They must be in UNITY.

* David learned to do this for sheep, and because he was faithful to do it God promoted him.

* Proverbs 22:29 - “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.”