1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
The most famous person in the line of Jesus is David. For He is indeed called the Son of David, or also the star of David. Jesus the Messiah, the King who will save the world is a descendant of King David, who delivered Israel from its enemies. Of course there are big differences between them, but there is also a very important similarity: both are anointed.
David had not really thought about when Samuel came to the house of Jesse to anoint the new king of Israel. No, there were bigger and stronger men in the house, and David was just a boy. He was still in the field as the older brothers had to appear before Samuel. And yet God used the unexpected for His plan. David, who is young and ruddy boy, that he is the new king would be against everybody's expectations. And from the time that David was anointed the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and that resulted in a special boy and later a special man, because of God's Spirit David did extraordinary things.
David wrote beautiful psalms about God's goodness and his own sinful life. The Spirit of the Lord gave him these words, and we can still enjoy and comfort from it. But David also became a powerful warlord. He defeated the giant Goliath and won as a boy thus the victory for the people of Israel. Later he led wars and he knew many, if not everything to gain. And that's not all because David was so good or that he was so special. No, because David had his shortcomings, he also had lies and even cheating. In fact, he killed his neighbor because he wanted his wife. But the Spirit of the Lord still did not depart from David and he was allowed to stand strong in the Spirit of the Lord God's power.
Just as unexpectedly as the kingdom of David, is the Kingship of Jesus. Who would have expected now that God's own Son would come to earth? Who would have thought that the King would still be born between animals and should be greeted first by shepherds? That's not worthy a king? A king can not be born and go through life like that? And then even die on a cross, without any kind of struggle against his opponents. But this King was anointed with the Spirit of the Lord and the King fought the big fight like this for his people.
The Spirit of the Lord wants to work in you and in me and show us how great He is. This Advent time shows us that Jesus humbly before us came to earth to serve, and yet the great King. Let us use this time to let us fill in the Spirit of the Lord and to look at the Child in the manger, and later on the cross and God will work in us. And do not think now that it is not for me. Because they thought it also with David and with Jesus, but God works in spite of everything by His Spirit.
When we are anointed by the great King, may we live for His glory. Not just now, not only in the time of Advent and Christmas, but forever. Because that awaits us, a time when we may reign as kings with him! Hallelujah.
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