The story of King David begins with regret. Samuel was regretting that Saul had been made king and God regretted that He had made Saul king 1 Samuel 15). But God doesn’t leave Samuel there, giving him instructions to pick the next king in chapter 16.Now, we know David wasn’t perfect, but listen to the description Peter credits God for giving: “After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will’” (Acts 13:22).God picked David to prepare the world for Jesus. The obvious part is the genealogy- Jesus was born in the line of David. Let’s look at some of the foreshadowing God uses when it comes to King David pointing to Jesus.It starts as God chooses the next king by character rather than physical appearance. Samuel went to Jesse and admired his sons (1 Samuel 16:6). The firstborn was a splendid man, so Samuel thought that this was God’s choice, but God said “no” (1 Samuel 16:7). Finally, Samuel asked if there were any more sons. Jesse said that there was the youngest, but he wasn’t the biggest, or tallest of the sons. But God chose David.Now Jesus wasn’t the Messiah because He had an appearance that would magnetically draw people to Him (read Isaiah 53:1-3). Jesus was the Christ because, as God here on earth, He would fulfill what needed to be done to bring salvation to mankind—He would do God’s will!The second way David foreshadowed Jesus was that David gave God the glory. When he killed Goliath, he gave God the glory (1 Sam. 17:45-47). Likewise, Jesus was always giving God the glory. He told the people that He was here to do God’s will: “ For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 6:38).Another way that David foreshadowed Jesus was that David waited on God’s timing for things to happen. He had been anointed as the new king, but he did not seek to kill Saul, even when he had opportunity (1 Samuel 24:6). In a similar fashion, Jesus had to tell people that it wasn’t his hour or his time.David wanted to build a temple, a permanent building for God. They had ...