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Wisdom and Understanding Bring Happiness, June 4
Christians Are Truly Happy
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
The ceremony of anointing David ... was an intimation to the youth
of the high destiny awaiting him....
Notwithstanding the high position which he was to occupy, he quietly
continued his employment, content to await the development of the
Lord’s plans in His own time and way. As humble and modest as before
his anointing, the shepherd boy returned to the hills, and watched and
guarded his flocks as tenderly as ever. But with new inspiration he
composed his melodies and played upon his harp. Before him spread a
landscape of rich and varied beauty....
David, in the beauty and vigor of his young manhood, was prepar-
ing to take a high position with the noblest of the earth. His talents,
as precious gifts from God, were employed to extol the glory of the
divine Giver. His opportunities of contemplation and meditation served
to enrich him with that wisdom and piety that made him beloved of God
and angels. As he contemplated the perfections of his Creator, clearer
conceptions of God opened before his soul. Obscure themes were il-
luminated, difficulties were made plain, perplexities were harmonized,
and each ray of new light called forth fresh bursts of rapture and sweeter
anthems of devotion, to the glory of God and the Redeemer. The love
that moved him, the sorrows that beset him, the triumphs that attended
him, were all themes for his active thought; and as he beheld the love
of God in all the providences of his life, his heart throbbed with more
fervent adoration and gratitude, his voice rang out in a richer melody, his
harp was swept with more exultant joy; and the shepherd boy proceeded
from strength to strength, from knowledge to knowledge; for the Spirit
of the Lord was upon him.
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