Fit For Service (Part 2 – King David)
This is week two in our study on being fit for service. Today we will be looking at the life of King David to see what made him fit for service and usable by God . Through my study I have come to discover that the key to David’s usability was his humility. A little back story on David . He was the youngest of the 8 sons of Jesse . As the youngest he was given the task of caring for the family flock, while his older brothers served in the army of Israel. Then at the age of 17, the prophet Samuel anointed him King of Israel with no fanfare, no celebration, no crowd, no one outside his immediate family even knew he had been anointed. 1 Samuel 16:13a, Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. (AMP) It was not until he was 30 that he took the throne as King . During those 13 years between his anointing and taking the throne, David had op...