King David

The story of King David of the Bible times is well known to both readers and non-readers of the Bible alike. The level of understanding of his personality varies a great deal. For those who have taken some time to study his life story in the Holy Book, one can easily point out some wonderful lessons concerning the steps which he took in order to attain success. Let us consider some of them here:

In the first place, it is God himself who spotted David and asked that he should be anointed as king of his nation Israel in place of the incumbent king Saul who has been rejected by God. The family of Jesse, David's father was not known in the nation of Israel at that time; what the Bible says is that Jesse was recognized as one of the aging men of his time and there is nothing spectacular about such a comment.

What God said to Prophet Samuel was that he has found "Someone after his heart," which could also mean someone who pleased Him-in the family of Jesse. Even though God did not point out who the one could be; nobody thought it could be David until the Prophet had passed through all the senior brothers. So we are now left with the choice of finding out the attributes that made it possible for David to find such favorable disposition with God. David had no physical attributes that could

Even though he was always alone in the jungle, God was always there watching what was happening. As he (David) later narrated, he made it a point of duty to protect his father's sheep from any assailing beast that came to snatch away any of the sheep. According to him, he risked his life when he confronted both a lion and a bear and retrieved a sheep from them. Well, I m certain that the father might have advised him to run away in face of such danger, but he did not. So, for you and I, let us exhibit diligence or commitment in whatever we