1/30/2019

I Samuel 16:11-12

¹¹ Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

¹² And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

Note—Beautiful eyes

This passage, with no fanfare, introduces David the son of Jesse, the son of Israel, the son of Abraham.  And with no fanfare.  If it were not with what follows other than appearance we would pay no attention to him. But this is undoubtedly the most important, the most gifted, and the most spiritually devoted man of the Old Testament.  He has no peers in any field in which he was employed.

David was a poet without equal.  Only one illustration is needed, the 23^rd Psalm is a classic, and probably one of the best known poems in literature.  He built musical instruments and played them at the highest level.  He was, in II Samuel 23:1, called the sweet Psalmist or singer of Israel. And there is every reason to refer this to his ability to sing accompanied by a stringed instrument.

He was a military general without peer.  He was a masterful governmental organizer.  He set up the order of Temple worship, and was the architect who designed the Temple.  And he was one of the bravest men ever.

Is he not a fit father for our King?