Serving in Submission

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Serving in Submission
Pastor Chance Bickel  

I. WE SERVE BY SUBMITTING OUR BODIES
1 Samuel 16:17-21a (CEB) “Saul said to his servants, ‘Find me a good musician and bring him to me.’  One of the servants responded, ‘I know that one of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a good musician. He’s a strong man and heroic, a warrior who speaks well and is good-looking too. The Lord is with him.’  So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, ‘Send me your son David, the one who keeps the sheep.’ Jesse then took a donkey and loaded it with a homer of bread, a jar of wine, and a young goat, and he sent it along with his son David to Saul. That is how David came to Saul and entered his service.”

II. WE SERV EBY SUBMITTING OUR MINDS
1 Samuel 16:21b-23 “Saul liked David very much, and David became his armor-bearer. Saul sent a message to Jesse: ‘Please allow David to remain in my service because I am pleased with him.’ Whenever the evil spirit from God affected Saul, David would take the lyre and play it. Then Saul would relax and feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him alone.”

III. WE SERVE BY SUBMITTING OUR SPIRIT
1 Samuel 17:44-47 “Come here,” he said to David, “and I’ll feed your flesh to the wild birds and the wild animals!” But David told the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword, spear, and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel’s army, the one you’ve insulted. Today the Lord will hand you over to me. I will strike you down and cut off your head! Today I will feed your dead body and the dead bodies of the entire Philistine camp to the wild birds and the wild animals. Then the whole world will know that there is a God on Israel’s side. And all those gathered here will know that the Lord doesn’t save by means of sword and spear. The Lord owns this war, and he will hand all of you over to us.”