God's Choice - Paul M. Williams

1 Samuel 16:6-7 Imagine for a moment, if upon awaking out of sleep, you were caught up to the third heaven beholding things indescribable, and hearing words unspeakable, "...which it is not lawful for a man to utter". Suddenly, you find yourself before a throne and glancing upward, you see one seated upon the throne, high and lifted up.  "...he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone" (Rev. 4:3).  Oh, what a scene most glorious!  A voice is heard coming from around the throne, "Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?" (Is. 40:13-14).  By this point you're on your face, prostrate before the majesty of God, when suddenly a voice is heard; "Let him be His counsellor".  Terror grips your soul and before you can even think,  another sounds aloud, "What shall he counsel?", to which he gives answer, "Have him choose from among the children of men, a vessel of service unto the LORD".  Tell me this morning, how would you counsel?  In this sermon, we look at the qualities of the vessel God chooses for service in His house.