The life of David teaches us many principles. For example, when Saul failed as king, the prophet Samuel was sent to Jesse to anoint one of his sons as king. David was the youngest of eight brothers and wasn’t even there among the brothers to be given the chance to be picked by Samuel. After Samuel had gone through all the other seven brothers and God didn’t pick any of them, David was brought in…from taking care of sheep. The Lord said, “He’s the one.”

This is where the story is kind of funny. What did David do then? I’ll tell you what he didn’t do. He didn’t enroll at the local community college to take some leadership courses since he was going to be king. He didn’t go get a new wardrobe to look more kingly. He went back to taking care of sheep. Here is the point. David learned the significant during the seemly insignificant time of taking care of sheep. What did he learn?

He learned about faithfulness and hanging in there when things are tough. He learned about dependence on God. He fought the bear and the lion and would use that personal history to give him courage to stand against Goliath when no one else could. 

Imagine the prayer life he developed under the stars every night. His relationship with God would be the strength that would carry him through his life. It was this foundation during his insignificant time of taking care of sheep that he would learn significant life lessons.

That is true of our lives as well. We learn life lessons doing things that may not be our calling if we let the Lord teach us. Have a great day. Pastor Bob