Introduction. (I Samuel 16:1-13) In this beautiful account of
the annointing of king David we are touched by a few elements:
I. God Sees Time Differently.
Illustration: I don’t fly much. But some years ago my parent’s offered me some of their frequent flyer miles for a preaching trip to and from Tampa. On this trip I was fascinated by the view from the window.
-- First just like view from tall building
-- human beings- first things that pass out of sight
-- cars become small dots floating on the thin lines that
become highways
-- buildings little boxes that litter the landcape
-- fields and forests become a quilted checkerboard of patterns
and colors
-- only evidence of icestorm thin lace of white that trimmed
the edge of each section of the quilt pattern.
I thought about this a great deal and it occurred to me
that to a small degree this illustrates how different God’s spiritual view
of things must be from our own. This evening I’d like
for us to consider together how we can “see things as God sees.”
II. God Sees The World Differently.
Illustration: When I was in High School, they would often construct beautiful stagesets for plays and musicals they did. Many of these were as carefully constructed as the interior of a house. Yet, when the play was over it was torn apart! In the same way we see our world as permanent -- to God it is a temporary backdrop for a limited time.
III. God Sees Troubles Differently.
IV. God Sees Human Beings Differently.
V. God Sees Sin Differently.
Illustration: As you fly occasionally you feel times
when the plane begins to shake -- turbulance -- wind
pockets of “rough air” -- You can’t see it, but it is very
important to the safety of the flight.
What God commands us to avoid -- what He commands us not to leave off -- may not always make sense to us. We fail to see
the importance of it, but God sees and understands
(like turbulance) how dangerous it is to our eternal security.