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A successful leader: He was a good shepherd, and a valiant captain. He is a wonderful type of our David (King Jesus), and the experiences of his life are like those of our Lord. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) David illustrates Romans 8:17. (Read 2 Samuel 23 ). (2) “ It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32.) (3) “ Though it tarry, wait for it.” (Hebrews 10:7.) (4) It is praiseworthy to praise worthy acts. ( 5) Gratitude that survives the ruin and death of a benefactor, is rare. (6) David might well be gracious. Loyalty to Saul means loyalty to David. (7) Our King is also our kin. He has won our victories. He is God’s destined choice. (8) “ Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.” Naturalists discover the most beauti fully colored plants on the highest mountains. Exposed to and nurtured by the keenest winds, the wildest storms, have sprung up lichen and mosses of the most LESSON rich and attractive ILLUSTRATIONS hue. So on the bleak W. H. Pike hills of adversity the Christian character is mellowed and beautified more than in the shady quiet vale of prosperity. David rose through humility, patience and hard knocks. Character, like cream, always rises to the top. The Cave of Adullam always precedes the Throne. Dean Farrar says that we English owe more as an Empire to the despised Baptist cobbler, Carey, and the poor contribution of 13 pounds, 2 shillings, and sixpence by his people to his work, m Subject Illustration on hardship.
But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may And mercy of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.” David urged their loyalty to himself, as they had shown it to Saul. (4) DAVID ANOINTED OVER IS RAEL, 5:1-5. David spent seven years in Hebron. They were years of protracted petty warfare. The unholy ambition of Saul’s successors kept matters in a peroetual strife. There could be but one out come. There could be no peace until David came to his own, for he had been ordained and anointed of God. This period of warfare between the rightful king and Saul’s successors is a type of the warfare between the flesh and the Spirit. David was again anointed (v. 3). He had served his apprenticeship and grad uated to a larger sphere of service. Psalm 101 is his inauguration psalm. David and all the elders of Israel made a covenant there before the Lord. God has made a covenant with Israel which will be fulfilled. (Heb. 8:1-12.) He has made a covenant with the church also. (Acts 2:39.) Some of the lessons in connection with David’s life: A man of faith: (1 Sam. 17:36, 37.) . He believed God. He never flinched from his belief in God’s purposes. A man of courage: He went alone to fight Goliath. He went into the camp of Saul. An humble man: He called himself a flea,— a partridge. A generous man: He could treat a foe with forbearance. A patient man: He waited God’s time. He trusted God’s Word. A dependent man: He sought guid ance from the Lord.
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