Today's Daily Lesson is from 1 Samuel chapter 16 verses 10 and 11:
10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?”
When the LORD sent Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint one of the sons of Jesse the father brought seven of his sons before the prophet. First there was the oldest boy Eliab, who had all the outward appearances - tall, handsome, and strong of stature. But the LORD told Samuel not to look upon the physical appearance, but to look upon the heart. The LORD had not chosen Eliab because Eliab did not have the heart necessary to be king. Next Jesse presented Abinidab, and then Shammah, and then each of his other sons - totaling seven altogether. But the LORD had chosen none of these. No doubt discouraged, Samuel asked if there were any more sons to choose from. Jesse said there was one more, an eighth son out tending sheep, but that he was young and small and unlikely fit to be king. Samuel told Jesse to send for the boy, and when he was presented Samuel knew in his heart that this was the one chosen to be king - King David.
There is an eighth son (or daughter) in us all. It is the child with the purest heart - a heart that believes all things and hopes all things and is capable of enduring all things. This is the child that can kill giants because he or she still believes in him or herself and, more importantly, believes in the power of God. This is the heart that has not yet let the world tell it either that the giants are too big, or that it is too small, or that others should have been chosen because they are bigger, or stronger, or smarter, or better looking, or better talking.
Really, this is the child who doesn't yet know enough to know it shouldn't be true. And when we find that child - the eighth child within us - then we will find our anointing also.
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