Lessons from the Books of Samuel

Currently, I am up to 2 Samuel 12 and the purpose of this post is to discuss the lessons already learned from the Books of Samuel.

Firstly, David was born and raised in a humble background with a humble family. He was a Shepherd and he eventually became King. In the same way, Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd and he is the King of Kings. We can see a prophecy here in the very fact that they are both Shepherds who are both Kings.

We see the humility of Christ who came to serve His people and lead them safely home to eternal happiness with God in Heaven. As Christians, we must recognise that you have to serve others and be served by others.  It is in serving others that we serve Christ. 

David's big moment came when he killed Goliath the giant Philistine. Goliath laughed at David as he was not a big man. On the contrary, he was a weakling compared with Goliath. We can learn here that the greatest of lessons can come from the most unlikely of places. My brother-in-law is seriously disabled. He cannot talk or walk and yet he radiates love and blessings from the Lord. It is such a pleasure to spend time with him.

God can do anything. He is capable of absolutely anything and in David's encounter with Goliath, David knew that God was on his side. The deciding factor in David's victory was his faith in the Lord.

Yesterday, I read of David's behaviour with Uriah the Hittite. David murdered Uriah so that David could have Uriah's wife. God had given David the very best life possible and David had Uriah killed in battle so that David could have Uriah's wife. God was very angry here, with David. Uriah didn't have much so when he lost his life and his wife, God punished David by letting his young son be killed, shortly after birth. Here we can learn that God made us who we are, giving us the valuables, assets, relationships and possessions so that we can live according to His will. If we force something else to happen, we are in effect saying to God that we are not satisfied with His provision for our lives. We can learn a lot here.

For a start, we can learn that we can only follow one course. We cannot worship both God and money. We have to set our sights on either one or the other. We cannot serve both. If you put your income and your worldly possessions first, you are foolish. Can you take them with you when you die? Do you believe in God's salvation for your soul? If there is a Heaven and a Hell, and you do not believe in them, but live your life how you wish, you will certainly find out in a very negative way. If there is no Heaven or Hell we will never know.  

Tomorrow, I will talk to you about 2 Samuel 13, 14 and 15.  May you have a blessed day.

Hello and welcome to my new blog.  Together, we will journey through the Christian Bible and I will discuss with you the lessons I am learning as we progress.  This post is basically an introduction to me and my faith.

My name is David Verney and I have been a Christian for over 30 years.  I am now 39 years old and my walk with Jesus started in the Baptist Church in Coventry, England.  Then, it was known as Meredith Road, but the main Baptist Church in Coventry is now Queen's Road.

When I was very young, we moved to the Anglican Church.  This was a short distance from where we lived and it was a good Church.

We moved from there to the Catholic Church when I was nine years old and I largely grew up in the Catholic Church.  In those days, it was as bad as a homosexual coming out to say that you were leaving the Anglican Church for the Catholic Church.

I was married in 2011, to my wife Catherine who is an Anglican.  We married in her Church in Selly Oak, Birmingham and I am now attending an Anglican Church again, with my wife in Oldbury, where we live.

The Church where we go now is very welcoming.  They are non-judgmental and very warm and friendly.  I feel happy there and the ministry team are wonderful people.

Whatever faith you are, if you put Jesus first and worship Him alone, you will be saved - as the Pentecostal Church put it.

Today, we find that Jesus is very much on our side.  I love to spend time with Him and I am visited by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis.  I know I am right with God and I know that I am in the right place to learn from Him.

Lastly, I would like to talk about my late father, who was exemplary in the Christian life he led.  My father would go to any Church, take Holy Communion anywhere and he would feel at home in any Christian Church.  Rest in peace, my beloved father - John Verney.