God’s Will for your Life

Casting ALL your cares [anxieties, worries, and ALL concerns, once and for all] on Jesus (half dead – dehydrated, starved, whipped to shreds He bore the cross. Your burdens like putty in His Loving arms. He has been raised above EVERY other name! Amen.) for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].
1 Peter 5:7

Our spots are saved behind our Savior. There is no need to be ‘in front’ we are all ‘beside’ Him. Each sheep in the flock is watched ever so closely. Yes, sheep might be attacked, we have an Earthly example in young David who became king. He learned in the fields of his father. We may have missed the sheer number, I know I did! Check this out:
Samuel was sent by The LORD to the family of Jesse. What made him stand out?
“A wealthy shepherd of the place, who had ‘hundreds of flocks and herds’; and when he found him, he ordered him and his sons to wash and dress and come to the feast also.”

These were strapping young men, “Jesse thought he was highly honoured, for he had eight sons, and he was pleased that they should show themselves before the great prophet and judge of Israel.” but his hand was stayed, then one more son (the youngest and least ‘war ready’ as was demonstrated by his older brothers.) The youngest was sent for…First came the eldest, in striped cloak and gray tunic, carrying his thick war-spear in his hand; and when Samuel marked his height and his fine face, he said, —

“Here, surely, is the chosen king.”

But the voice of God within him seemed to whisper, “Nay, I have rejected him. God sees not as man sees; for man looks upon the outward appearance, but God looks upon the heart.”

Then Samuel told Jesse that his eldest son was not chosen, and he passed on. Jesse next called up his second son, who walked slowly past the prophet, with sweeping cloak and club in hand, armed for the fight.

“Neither hath God chosen this,” Samuel said to the father; and the second son passed on. Jesse then called forward the third, who also walked past the old prophet with head erect, and spear in hand, hoping that he would be chosen.

“Neither hath God chosen this,” was all that the grim old man said of him.

The people sat in the sunshine, on the slope of the hill outside the village walls, shading their eyes and looking on in silence, until seven of the sons of Jesse, dressed and armed like chiefs, had gone slowly past the old man with the keen black eyes; but Samuel made no movement, and Jesse was deeply grieved.

“God hath not chosen these. Are all thy children here?” Samuel asked, turning sharply to the shepherd, who trembled as he replied, —

“There remains yet David; but he is my youngest son, and is watching the sheep.”

David was too young to be thought of in this important business. He was down in the hollow with his shepherd’s staff and dog and sling, playing upon his harp, and watching from afar the fire and smoke and crowds, as he kept his father’s flocks.

“Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down to the feast until he comes,” was the stern reply. The brothers were angry at this useless waste of time; but one of them was soon leaping down the stony path to the valley, shouting with his hand to his mouth, and waving a stick in the air to attract his young brother’s attention.

The people waited in the sunshine, and soon they saw David, with his tunic pulled through his leather belt so as to leave his legs free, running swiftly up the hill, for he was very fleet of foot. He came in his shepherd’s torn and soiled garb, and had to wash at the brook before he was fit to stand before the prophet.

When at length he drew near, Samuel saw a young man, not tall, but clearly of great strength, with light hair, ruddy cheeks, and bright eyes; and he thought the youth very good to look upon as he stood before him dressed in his striped tunic and leather girdle, from which hung his shepherd’s club, sling, and knife. Samuel looked at his frank face, and as he looked God said to him, —

“Arise, anoint him: for this is he.”
Again, we see what we might have missed. God sees as we do not see, in choosing of our own will the brawny brothers of David might have been chosen. But, God knows each of us in a special way. He sees ALL and knows ALL, Amen.
He was already a village hero, for one day he had killed a lion that sprang upon one of his sheep as they fed in the valley to the south, near the desert country.
He had also killed a bear that tried to seize one of his young lambs; for David was so strong that he could break an iron bow with his hands, and so swift on his feet that he could catch a wild deer in a race over good ground. He was not so tall as his fighting brothers, but he was stronger, and knew how to use the sword, bow, club, sling, and spear; for all the young men of the villages learned the use of these weapons in their sports and games.

We learn more, he played harp to ‘soothe’ king sual’s troubled spirit. Why? The lad was also fond of music, and could play and sing. Sitting in the shade of a shadowy rock, or at the mouth of a dark cave, as he watched his sheep wandering to and fro in the sunshine, he often played strange music upon a rude harp made by himself; and he would sing songs of his own making about the white flocks and herds, the green hills and cool streams, the red-cheeked women at the well, and the young men of the village where he had his home. He was called the “sweet singer,” and his skill on the harp was well known in the villages round about Bethlehem.

We can go on, but God sees our talent! David was hunted by king Saul and ran away to avoid being killed. Again, his earlier experiences had taught him an awful lot. Samuel The prophet had anointed him a future royalty. Are we led? Moved? Seek The Lord, use your given skills. We were ALL created for a reason! Fingers yours.