Memory Verses:
4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:4-5 NKJV
Everyone has a story. I’m not just talking about that one story we always share at gatherings or the one we try to weave into conversations. I’m talking about the story of our life—each day, a new page, each month, a chapter, and the years that form the sections of a novel that you’re writing with every passing moment. But what happens when we forget our story? When do we lose sight of the fact that each day is part of a greater narrative that God is writing?
Our Story is God’s Masterpiece, Written in the Ink of His Love
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Knowing Who We Are in Christ Changes How We Live Our Story
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God knows every twist and turn of our story. He knows when we struggle with the tragedies that shake our lives. He’s present, watching how we trust His guiding hand, even when it feels like there’s no way out of the darkness. Yet, one of our most significant challenges is forgetting who we are in Him. We often place our value and identity in what we do, in our accomplishments, rather than in who God says we are.
When We Lose Sight of Our Identity in God, We Lose Sight of Our Purpose
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As we begin this series on the life of David—a man after God’s own heart—it’s important to remember that David wasn’t perfect. But despite his flaws, David knew who he was in God, and that awareness allowed God to shape and mold him into the man he became.
Many don’t know who they are. We might list all the skills, attributes, and stories of David, but those things didn’t define him. What defined David was his identity as a man after God’s own heart. And it’s this understanding of identity that we’ll explore today as we dive into the lessons we can learn from David’s story.
1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” But the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ 3 “Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.” 4 So Samuel did what the LORD said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him!” 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 8 So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the LORD chosen this one.” 9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the LORD chosen this one.” 10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.” 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 16:1-13 NKJV
Life Lesson:
Our Identity is in God, Not a Position
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Life Lesson:
We Can Mourn, But We Must Move Forward
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Life Lesson:
Reflect and then Realign with God’s Path
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Life Lesson:
We See Superficially, God Sees the Soul
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Life Lesson:
The Lord’s Plan is Perfect, Waiting isn’t Punishment, it’s Trust
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25 “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25 NKJV
Big Takeaways
Do you know who you are in God’s Kingdom?
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Where are you at in your story?
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God is working in your life.
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Are you patiently seeking God?
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In David’s story God used his family, a king, and a prophet to allow David to see his role in God’s Kingdom. This morning you have the opportunity to be involved in God’s story