
The Hidden King: 4 Lessons from David’s Anointing in 1 Samuel 16
“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
— 1 Samuel 16:7b (ESV)
“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
— 1 Samuel 16:7b (ESV)
“To obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”
— 1 Samuel 15:22 (ESV)
“And the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.’”
1 Samuel 8:7 (ESV)
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child.”
– Zechariah 12:10
“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7, ESV)
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.”
— Mark 13:26 (ESV)