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Acting Despite Fear

            1 Samuel 16:

            Samuel did what the Lord told him to do, despite Samuel’s understandable fear of Saul.

            God chose David, though at first, perhaps, people might wonder why He didn’t pick one of the older sons, but God picked David. What a momentous event. From David would eventually come the line that begat Jesus. But no one knew it. Even Samuel, God’s chosen and faithful prophet was fearful at the time.

            David was already busy before he was chosen to be king. We don’t sit around waiting for God to act. We do what our hands find to do and have faith that God will work His will, even though imperfect humans.