today on Summit Life with J.Drieger.

So yes, it is true that many Christian leaders fail at their post, like Eli and his sons.

But many others learn from Jesus and like him, lay down their lives for the people they serve.

Willing to be unpopular if they must.

Faithful to the end. Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer, I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

You know, the stories of the Old Testament often show us what not to do, even through some of its

most famous characters.

But in the end, thankfully every story eventually points us to Jesus who faithfully And thankfully delivered God's truth to us and refused to forsake us when we rejected

his words.

Today we're finishing up the second message in our brand new teaching series about the life of David.

Pastor JD shows us how every good leader becomes great only as they model their leadership after Jesus,

the ultimate prophet, priest and king.

So grab your Bible and let's return to First Samuel, Chapter 3.

First Samuel 3 is about the kind of leader that Israel longs for, that we long for, and the kind of leader that we need.

And so in the opening 16 chapters ofst Samuel, what God does is he sets up a contrast for them

between the king that they think they want and the king that they actually need. Today the focus is on the kind of shepherd

that God wants to provide for his people. One positive thing that you got to say

about Eli for all of his failures as a leader, he knows that you don't do yourself any favors

by putting your head in the sand and ignoring God's word.

And so he says, Samuel, you tell me exactly what God has said which leads me to the first of five

takeaways that I want to glean from this passage. Number one, number one you need to

put yourself in a place where you can hear hard truth.

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