Word of Encouragement - Part 3 of 3 Guest speaker- Taylor Gillaspie

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] hello friends at Bible Baptist thank you

[0:03] for joining us for final thought from

[0:06] First Samuel chapter 16 as we're looking

[0:08] at the early early life of David the

[0:13] shepherd boy and as we've been looking

[0:15] over the past two videos really we're

[0:18] asking the question why did God choose

[0:20] David to be the next king what was it

[0:23] about this shepherd boy that led God to

[0:27] choose him and anoint him to be the next

[0:29] king of Israel and we saw if you join us

[0:32] for the past two videos we saw first of

[0:35] all David was spiritual hey the Bible

[0:37] says that he was a man after God's own

[0:39] heart David's life was in harmony with

[0:42] the Lord and then secondly we saw that

[0:45] David was humble even after he was

[0:48] anointed to be the next king of Israel

[0:50] he went right back to taking care of the

[0:53] sheep he was just a humble a servant and

[0:56] can I say today when God would said

[0:59] people we're really asking the question

[1:01] in this series what what kind of people

[1:03] does God choose and what kind of people

[1:05] does God use well first of all he uses

[1:08] spiritual people as we seen from the

[1:10] life of David he also uses humble people

[1:13] as we've also seen from the life of

[1:15] David but now I want to show you the

[1:17] third reason that I believe that God

[1:19] chose David and one of the third

[1:21] qualities that God is looking for and

[1:23] the people that he uses today and that

[1:26] third qualities this he's looking for

[1:28] people that are faithful he's looking

[1:31] for people that are faithful and I

[1:33] believe when God looked at a heaven and

[1:35] he looked at this young shepherd boy he

[1:37] found a young man that was faithful and

[1:40] I believe he was faithful in three areas

[1:42] and when you come to first Kings chapter

[1:44] 16 once again we find that David was

[1:47] faithful in a solitude he was faithful

[1:50] in solitude you just think about the

[1:54] fact that he was a shepherd boy and all

[1:55] the the days and the nights that he

[1:58] spent out all alone with by himself with

[2:01] those sheep it was just aside for the

[2:04] Sheep it was just him in the Lord a

[2:05] human little in the Lord all the days

[2:08] that he spent out in the green pastures

[2:11] and all the days that he spent

[2:13] out by the still waters underneath the

[2:16] Sun of the day underneath the stars

[2:19] during the nighttime he was all by

[2:22] himself and it was a time of solitude

[2:24] but I believe the fact that he was a man

[2:27] after God's own heart he utilized and at

[2:30] that time of solitude to cultivate a

[2:33] close relationship with the Lord he

[2:36] learned to walk with the Lord he learned

[2:38] how to pray during that time he learned

[2:40] how to worship during that time he

[2:43] learned how to praise during that time

[2:45] and he certainly did not waste that time

[2:48] of Solitude

[2:49] but he was faithful in that solitude and

[2:52] I believe that God did a great work in

[2:54] his heart in his life during those days

[2:56] of solitude I think when you begin to

[2:59] read the Bible and study the Bible I

[3:01] think there's an interesting connection

[3:02] between the people the men and women

[3:05] that God used in a great way and I

[3:08] believe you can find notable times of

[3:10] solitude in their life and I don't

[3:12] understand it all but there's a

[3:14] connection there I think of David he

[3:16] spent 40 years in the backside of a

[3:19] desert that was the time of solitude we

[3:21] think of David out with the sheep of the

[3:23] shepherd boy we think of Elijah and the

[3:25] brook Sherratt that was the time of

[3:27] solitude in his life you come the New

[3:29] Testament and you find you find Paul

[3:32] going to Arabia and God doing a great

[3:35] work in his life there all alone we come

[3:38] to Revelation chapter 1 we find John on

[3:40] the Isle of Patmos and there I God met

[3:43] him and his solitude and did a great

[3:45] work in his life

[3:46] and let me encourage you I God still use

[3:49] a solitude in our lives today and I'm

[3:52] encouraged you don't always you're in a

[3:53] time of solitude I have to run to social

[3:56] media or run to the video games or run

[3:59] the Turlington television and music and

[4:01] drown out the silence on our live we

[4:04] ought to seek out tons of solitude and

[4:06] embrace that and we ought to use that

[4:09] and I'm not saying that you'll to have

[4:10] weeks and months at times of solitude

[4:13] but I am saying that every day you want

[4:15] to have a time of solitude where you get

[4:18] alone with the Lord and draw closely

[4:21] Heilmann

[4:22] and allow him to speak to you through

[4:24] his word and you speak back to him

[4:26] through prayer

[4:26] hey be faithful in your solitude because

[4:29] God does a great work in her lives

[4:31] during those that during that time at

[4:35] number two I believe he was not only

[4:36] faithful in a solitude I believe he was

[4:38] faithful in obscurity as well he was

[4:41] faithful in obscurity you think about

[4:44] him as a shepherd boy growing up taking

[4:47] care of the Sheep listen he was faithful

[4:49] with that with that task and with those

[4:51] responsibilities he was faithful even

[4:54] when no one knew who he was when nobody

[4:57] when the world and even didn't even know

[4:59] where he was I'm even thinking about

[5:01] Bethlehem today we know Bethlehem

[5:03] because David was born and raised there

[5:05] we think our Lord was born and raised

[5:07] there was singing about Bethlehem during

[5:10] Christmas time every year there was

[5:13] other events that took place in

[5:17] Bethlehem throughout scripture but back

[5:19] in David's day growing up it wasn't well

[5:22] known like it was today and if he was

[5:24] out traveling somewhere and someone said

[5:27] hey hey where are you from he probably

[5:29] would have said something like this he

[5:31] would have said oh you don't worry you

[5:32] would you've never heard of it before

[5:33] that's the kind of place if he was

[5:35] raised he and it would have been a

[5:37] lonely place an insignificant place

[5:39] strength at the time of his upbringing

[5:42] but that's where he was faithful at you

[5:44] know in a lonely place in an obscure

[5:47] place hey when he was unseen when he was

[5:50] unknown when he was unrecognized went

[5:53] for the most part unappreciated hey he

[5:56] was just faithful during those days and

[5:58] I think God saw that when God looked at

[6:01] a heaven and saw this young man being

[6:04] faithful with his responsibilities

[6:06] in a place of obscurity

[6:09] I believe God thought to himself if he

[6:12] can be faithful and obscurity if he

[6:14] could be faithful with his tasks and

[6:17] responsibilities and and to serve me and

[6:20] to walk with me even in a place of

[6:22] obscurity even in a private place if he

[6:25] can serve me and private that then I

[6:28] believe I can trust him to serve me in

[6:30] public and sure enough that's exactly

[6:33] what goes on to happen and I believe but

[6:36] that was a strong reason for why God

[6:38] chose him to be

[6:41] to be the king in the moment to use him

[6:42] in a greater capacity because he knew

[6:46] that he was faithful in obscurity I may

[6:50] be talking to somebody today who you

[6:52] serve the Lord but it's it's not adding

[6:54] up in a platform somewhere it's not in

[6:56] it you don't have some public ministry

[6:58] you serve Him in the shadows and you

[7:01] serve him behind the scenes and you

[7:02] serve Him I may be in a lonely place and

[7:05] you feel like you're unseen and you're

[7:07] unknown and you're unrecognized and

[7:09] maybe you feel unappreciated let me save

[7:12] this hey that's okay don't be

[7:14] discouraged by that you keep on serving

[7:16] him even if it is in a lonely place even

[7:19] if it is in the shadows even if it is in

[7:21] a place of obscurity you keep serving

[7:24] the Lord because if no one else sees you

[7:26] listen to me God sees you and may God

[7:29] find you faithful right where you are

[7:32] even if it's a place of obscurity

[7:34] because God is looking for people like

[7:36] that hey that's the kind of people that

[7:38] God uses if you can be faithful in a pub

[7:41] in a private place in an obscure place

[7:44] then God can trust you to serve Him

[7:46] perhaps in a public place one day but

[7:49] you keep being faithful just like David

[7:51] and serving in a place of obscurity I

[7:54] believe lastly that he was not just

[7:56] faithful in a solitude and in a place of

[7:58] obscurity he's also faithful with

[8:01] reality he's also faithful with reality

[8:04] now you may be tempted to think just

[8:06] because he was serving in in solitude

[8:09] and in a place of obscurity that he was

[8:11] just walking around gazing up at the

[8:13] clouds all day but that was not the case

[8:16] when you come to chapter 17 that he

[8:18] arrives from the battlefield and Goliath

[8:21] is taunting him and throwing out his

[8:24] challenges when David arrived he said

[8:26] hey what's going on here who is this

[8:28] giant and they let him know what was

[8:30] going on and David said well I'll take

[8:33] him on if no one else is gonna do with

[8:34] him and take care of him and defeat him

[8:37] I then I guess I'll be the one to do it

[8:39] and they asked him what what makes you

[8:41] think that you can take on this giant

[8:43] and he says well let me tell you why I

[8:45] back in Bethlehem when I was keeping the

[8:48] Sheep I learned how to defeat the Lions

[8:50] and I've learned how to defeat the the

[8:52] Bears and because the Lord helped me

[8:54] overcome

[8:54] then I know that the Lord will help me

[8:57] to overcome this giant as well and when

[9:01] he said that that let us know that back

[9:03] in Bethlehem he was learning how to

[9:05] overcome the challenges of his life and

[9:08] can I say how if you don't learn how to

[9:12] overcome the Lions and the Bears in your

[9:14] life that how in the world are you and I

[9:17] going to overcome learn how to overcome

[9:19] the Giants in our life listen back in

[9:22] Bethlehem he was he was facing real life

[9:26] challenges and he was learning how to

[9:28] overcome those real life challenges and

[9:31] the challenges that he overcame back

[9:33] then gave him the confidence in his Lord

[9:36] to overcome the Giant there at the

[9:39] Valley of Elah let me encourage you

[9:42] learn how to overcome the challenges

[9:44] with the Lord's help learn how to

[9:46] overcome the challenges in your life now

[9:48] hey learn how to overcome sin now learn

[9:51] how to get your prayers answered now

[9:53] learn how to persevere through trials

[9:55] now because when you learn how to defeat

[9:58] the Lions of the Bears in your life

[9:59] today that's going to give you the

[10:01] confidence and the courage to overcome

[10:03] the Giants in your life tomorrow listen

[10:06] be faithful with the reality whatever

[10:08] challenges that come your way whatever

[10:10] challenges your faith is facing hey with

[10:13] the Lord's help and leaning upon him and

[10:15] his strength you learn how to overcome

[10:18] them because that's part of the trick of

[10:21] the training that's part of your

[10:23] preparation and you you may not know it

[10:25] but one day you're gonna look back and

[10:27] realize that was a part of God's shaping

[10:30] you and molding you and making you and

[10:33] preparing you from what he has for you

[10:35] one day so listen to me you be faithful

[10:38] now be faithful with the solitude be

[10:40] faithful in obscurity and be faithful

[10:43] with the real-life challenges that you

[10:45] face because I promise you today just

[10:47] like all those many years ago when God

[10:50] was looking for somebody he can use and

[10:52] he found that yeah that that person he

[10:54] found that to be David listen in 2020

[10:58] when God looks at your neighborhood and

[11:00] in your city and in your church and he's

[11:02] looking for somebody that he can use

[11:04] he's looking for somebody that is

[11:06] spiritual he's looking for somebody

[11:08] that's hung

[11:08] maybe it's looking for somebody that is

[11:11] faithful now let's be honest God's gonna

[11:13] have a hard time using somebody that's

[11:15] not spiritual

[11:16] that's not humble and it's not faithful

[11:19] and I hope that won't be the case with

[11:22] you and I maybe God's challenge your

[11:24] heart maybe you felt convicted over

[11:26] these with these thoughts that we've

[11:28] shared and seen from God's Word and you

[11:32] say well there's an area in my life that

[11:33] that doesn't line up with a kind of

[11:36] maybe person God is looking for then ask

[11:39] the Lord to help you to change those

[11:40] areas and the strengths and those areas

[11:42] of your life and say Lord I want to be a

[11:45] man or a woman after your own heart I

[11:47] want my life to be in harmony with you

[11:49] Lord I want to be I want to be spiritual

[11:52] Oh Lord I want to be humble and Lord

[11:54] even I I never want to get too big to do

[11:57] the little things Lord keep me humble

[11:58] help me just be a humble servant of

[12:01] yours and lord help me to be faithful

[12:03] even if nobody else knows who I am

[12:05] even though if no one else knows what I

[12:07] what I do except for you lord help me to

[12:10] just be faithful lord help me in my

[12:12] solitude to walk with you and draw

[12:14] closer to you then Lord whatever

[12:15] challenges come my way Lord would you

[12:18] help me just to be faithful to overcome

[12:21] those challenges because I know that

[12:23] you're prepared me for something greater

[12:25] on one day friend I hope these have been

[12:27] encouragement to you these thoughts from

[12:29] God's Word and I want you to know how

[12:31] Bible Baptist friends that we are

[12:33] praying for you we're cheering for you

[12:35] and I want you to know that we look

[12:37] forward to seeing you here soon and so

[12:40] on Lord bless you we'll see you soon in

[12:42] the days of head thank you so much