July 7, 2022
Thursday
David the Young
1 Timothy 4:12
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.”
When does one become an adult? Upon getting a driver’s license? High school graduation? The right to vote? Turning 21 and college graduation are final transition points—at least chronologically. But God is not afraid to call young people to significant tasks.
The prophet Samuel visited the house of Jesse to anoint the successor-king to Saul. Jesse had seven of his sons appear before Samuel, presumably beginning with the oldest first. But after interviewing all seven, Samuel had not seen the next king. Upon inquiring, Jesse said there was one more son, the youngest of the eight, who was tending the sheep. When Samuel saw him—probably a boy barely a teen—he anointed him as king. David was young as was Timothy in the New Testament when Paul made him a pastor. Paul had to remind Timothy not to let others look down on his youth (1 Timothy 4:12).
Don’t let age—whether the lack of years or the lack of years remaining—keep you from serving God. The heart for God knows no age.
A point to ponder…
He that was our Help from our birth, ought to be our Hope from our youth.
Matthew Henry
Read the Bible through in a year
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