1 chronicles 11:1-3
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
As a young man, I do not imagine David connected his role as a shepherd with preparing him to lead the nation of Israel and become the greatest king the world has ever seen. All David did was be faithful to watch his sheep and faithful to worship The Lord. However insignificant it may have seemed to him at the time, The Lord saw great significance. The Lord took David, a shepherd of sheep, and made him the shepherd of His nation. The Lord was preparing David for what He knew he would be long before anyone else even had a clue. The Lord was faithful to prepare David for what he would one day be because David was faithful to serve The Lord in the present.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
As a young man, I do not imagine David connected his role as a shepherd with preparing him to lead the nation of Israel and become the greatest king the world has ever seen. All David did was be faithful to watch his sheep and faithful to worship The Lord. However insignificant it may have seemed to him at the time, The Lord saw great significance. The Lord took David, a shepherd of sheep, and made him the shepherd of His nation. The Lord was preparing David for what He knew he would be long before anyone else even had a clue. The Lord was faithful to prepare David for what he would one day be because David was faithful to serve The Lord in the present.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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