Samuel, Episode 5: David, the Shepherd Boy God Chose
The final episode in a 5-part Samuel series. Samuel travels secretly to Bethlehem to anoint Israel's next king, passes over Jesse's seven impressive sons one by one, and finally calls in the youngest, who's out tending sheep. A shepherd boy named David. The episode lands on the verse Pastor Justin calls one of his favorites: humans look at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
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For Parents
If your kid ever feels overlooked, like they're the youngest, the smallest, the one stuck doing the everyday job, this episode meets them there. Pastor Justin walks them through 1 Samuel 16, where Samuel passes over seven impressive brothers to anoint the youngest one, a shepherd boy named David, and lands them in the verse Justin calls his favorite: 'The Lord looks at the heart.' After it ends, tell your kid one thing about their heart that you see and the world might miss.
The One Thing for the Ride
“God doesn't look at what people see on the outside. God looks at the heart.”
Scripture
1 Samuel 16:7
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Key Takeaways
- Episode 5 of a 5-part Samuel series ends the arc with God's secret choice of Israel's next king
- Names the surprising setting: Bethlehem, a small farming village hundreds of years before Jesus would be born there
- Walks kids through Jesse's seven impressive sons passing Samuel one by one, and the unexpected eighth son out tending sheep
- Lands on the key verse Pastor Justin calls one of his favorites: humans look at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart
- Closes the series with the lesson of Samuel's life: God often works through people who are simply willing to listen and obey, even when they're young, even when no one else sees what God sees
Try This Week
- This week, find one person at school or in your neighborhood who usually gets overlooked, and make sure they get noticed today.
Talk It Over
Who in our life right now might God be quietly preparing for something big that no one else can see yet?
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