David’s Conquest of the World (1 Samuel 16:11-13) 3/13/2022
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David’s Conquest of the World (1 Samuel 16:11-13) 3/13/2022
It is the blessing of world conquest David enjoyed that we know very well. Young David, who was sent to the field to herd sheep even when there was an important gathering in his household, changed his entire life when Samuel anointed him. What kind of events took place? After his anointing, evil spirits fled when he played the lyre (verses 14-23). Even David’s victory in the famous battle with Goliath, where he defeated him with a small stone, was a blessing that came after this (chapter 17). After undergoing numerous sufferings, unprecedented works began when he became king of Israel (2 Samuel 5:12). His lifelong prayers written from his heart that loved and looked onto God became a masterpiece as the book of Psalms. Even the painful failure he faced in the incident of Bathsheba was written in Psalms (Psalms 51). God even blessed David’s old age (1 Chronicle 29:28). Christ comes through his descendants (Matthew 1:1). The life of David that was used this way can be called the blessing of an anointed one. Then, what does it mean to be anointed? God’s method when he called those He desired to use, entrust them with important works, and fill them with God’s power and authority was to anoint them(verse 13). The meaning of “Christ” is “The Anointed One.” God raised His Son, entrusted Him with the works to save all life, and poured all His power and authority onto Him. The works He carried out with the power and authority of a priest, prophet, and king is the salvation we enjoy. The most important fact is that this blessing of an anointed one has been granted to all believers who are in Christ. No matter how lacking we are, we are used as ones who save and revive ourselves, the world, and the future.
- Anyone saved can and must enjoy this blessing of an anointed one.
Important positions in the church are ordained, but they were originally ordained by being anointed. Anointing them means that they have been set apart by God and that the Holy Spirit works upon them. This blessing is not only given when church positions are raised, but it is a blessing applicable to all believers.
1) God has set us apart when we accepted Christ and were saved.
① The word “believers” means people who have been set apart and those in whom the Holy Spirit resides (1 Corinthians 3:16).
The moment we are saved, the Holy Spirit resides in us and has marked us with a seal (Ephesians 1:13). He continuously empowers us so that we who are lacking may fulfill God’s will in the world (Acts 1:8). This is called the filling of the Holy Spirit or anointing.
② This is why it said that the Holy Spirit came down as a dove and remained on Jesus when He was baptized (John 1:32).
We must seek the filling of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives, in worship, and especially when in difficulty and doing important works (Luke 11:13).
2) The Holy Spirit’s anointing and the filling of the Holy Spirit were granted for at least three things. This is the life of a conqueror.
① God desires for us to live as winners in this world covered in darkness through the Holy Spirit’s anointing (blessing of spiritual victory).
How evil, corrupted, and full of suffering is the world (Isaiah 60:2, 2 Timothy 3, Matthew 24)? Within that are our countless scars, limits, and spiritual problems. How can we live? We need to enjoy the Holy Spirit’s anointing and the filling of the Holy Spirit. At that time, we can overcome our weaknesses, scars, limits, and all the problems and suffering the world brings us. We enjoy the answers and blessings that God prepared for us within that. We will see and experience those when we enjoy the filling of the Holy Spirit.
② God desires for us to live as leaders of the world through the Holy Spirit’s anointing (blessing of the spiritual summit).
Satan is leading the world and people the wrong way(IIJohn1:7). This is Satan’s 12 strategies. He lures people with self-centeredness, material (carnal things) centeredness, and success-centeredness, with the six fates bound for failure, shamanism, fortune-telling, and religion. It said that deception would continue in the final days (2 Timothy 3:14). You may have diligently gone a certain way, but that could be the wrong way. Therefore, we need to receive the Holy Spirit’s help and guidance (John 14:17, John 16:13). It said that when we hold onto the Word that was recorded through the Spirit’s inspiration, the accurate way that we must go to is revealed (2 Timothy 3:16-17). When we come to know the way while enjoying the filling of the Holy Spirit, we can lead others. They are the spiritual summits.
③ God desires for us to live as ones who revive the world through the Holy Spirit’s anointing (blessing of spiritual healing).
All people are sick and crumbling. Hence, they are afflicted, trapped, and oppressed with depression, addiction, and mental problems. Christ came to save those trapped and oppressed (Isaiah 61:1, Acts 10:38). Are you facing problems and suffering? God wants to heal me and use me to heal them (blessing of a spiritual doctor). David, who met numerous sufferings, gave an important confession. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows” (Psalms 23:5). This is the blessing of the Holy Spirit’s anointing and the filling of the Holy Spirit that we must enjoy. Jesus gave this healing power as He commissioned the disciples (Mark 16:17-18, James 5:14).
- Three answers come when we enjoy the blessing of the Holy Spirit’s anointing and the filling of the Holy Spirit.
1) The answer of only.
The conclusion that nothing becomes a problem when God is with me, guides me, and works upon me comes. There is nothing to be stressed about, no reason to compete with anyone, to be afraid and discouraged. That is the answer of only. This answer of only is the answer that David received during his most difficult times (Psalms 61:1-7). Paul said that this answer was the greatest answer he discovered in his life (Philippians 3:8-14, greatest knowledge, plan, prize).
2) The answer of uniqueness.
All things, even the trivial works, I do become a blessing of uniqueness because the Holy Spirit works. We see what others cannot, do what others cannot, and go where others cannot and stand as witnesses. David had learned how to use a sling while protecting sheep, but when God used that and poured His power, Goliath perished. Even if there are difficulties, failures, and disabilities, a life’s masterpiece that God uses comes from that.
3) The answer of recreation.
Although David also stumbled countless times and faced suffering, he revived himself saved the world and posterity. As David became king, the Ark of the Covenant that was taken away by the Philistines was restored, and an age of peace began. Works that destroy, kill, and trample are occurring across the world. However, God tells us that we will be used as the main figures of recreation.
Conclusion – God has called us as the ambassadors of Christ, spiritual doctors, and as the light tower that shines the light to the 237 nations of this age. Therefore, He will make all our things into evidence and have it become a masterpiece of only, uniqueness and recreation. May you seek and enjoy the blessing of blessings and the power of powers, the Holy Spirit’s anointing, that David experienced and enjoyed lifelong.