๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ & ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต

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๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ & ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต

 

๐Ÿ“– ๐—ช๐—ฒ’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†! If you missed any of the previous parts, you can find them here:
๐Ÿ”— https://www.emberfaith.org/bible-studies-devotionals

 

For today’s study, we’ll be diving into ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ. Before we break it down, take a moment to read these chapters on your own—it’ll help you follow along as we unpack the key lessons!

These chapters introduce ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ, a young shepherd boy who seems to be overlooked by everyone—but not by God. He goes from tending sheep to being anointed as Israel’s next king, and then, in a shocking turn of events, faces off against a ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ no one else dares to fight.

There’s ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป—all pointing to the fact that God doesn’t choose based on outward appearance or human expectations. He looks at the heart.

 

๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ

“๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ?”

Samuel was sent to anoint Israel’s next king. He arrives at Jesse’s house, sees Eliab (the oldest son), and thinks, “๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜บ.” He looks strong, kingly—he just fits the part. But God says ๐—ป๐—ผ.

One by one, Jesse parades his sons before Samuel, and ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.

Finally, Samuel asks, “๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€?” (1 Samuel 16:11). You can almost hear Jesse hesitate before answering, “๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ… ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ.”

David was so ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ that his own family didn’t even think to invite him to this special event. Yet ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ.

• ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต (1 ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ 16:7).

• ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ? ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ?

 

๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ: ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต

๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™’๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™’๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ’๐™ฉ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š…

Fast forward, and David’s father sends him to the battlefield to deliver snacks to his brothers. While he’s there, he hears Goliath mocking Israel and ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ.

David asks, “๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ?” (1 Samuel 17:26). But instead of support, his ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ:

“๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด? ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ…” (1 Samuel 17:28).

David’s response? “๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ?! ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ?” (1 Samuel 17:29).

It’s almost comical—David’s just asking questions, but his brothers see him as an annoying little sibling.

David refuses to let their doubts stop him. He volunteers to fight Goliath, and even King Saul tries to talk him out of it. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ.

With a slingshot and five smooth stones, he steps forward and defeats Goliath with a single shot. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ—๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ.

• ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ—๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

• ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ “๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด” ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ’๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ?

 

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€

1 Samuel 16-17 remind us that ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ—๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. David wasn’t chosen because of his experience, strength, or status. He was chosen because he trusted in God.

The same is true for us. ๐™‚๐™ค๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š—๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ.