It's Time - September 27, 2026

<p><strong>Scratch: When No One Goes With Me</strong></p><p><strong>It&#39;s Time</strong></p><p><strong>Jon Fredricks</strong></p><p><strong>Today&#39;s Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-7 NIV</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>1 Samuel 16:1-7 NIV</strong></p><p>The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” <strong>2 </strong>But Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.” The Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ <strong>3 </strong>Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.” <strong>4 </strong>Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?” <strong>5 </strong>Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. <strong>6 </strong>When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.” <strong>7 </strong>But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proverbs 13:12 NIV</strong></p><p><strong>12 </strong>Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1) THE WISDOM ONE STEP</strong></p><p><strong>1 Samuel 16:1 NIV</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>2) MY &quot;TOO LITTLE&quot; IS ABSURDLY ENOUGH</strong></p><p><strong>1 Samuel 16:2-4 NIV</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>1 John 4:4 NASB</strong></p><p><strong>4 </strong>You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Philippians 4:13 NIV</strong></p><p><strong>13</strong> I can do all this through him who gives me strength.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Romans 8:37-39 NIV</strong></p><p><strong>37 </strong>No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. <strong>38 </strong>For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons