Our Texas morning is found in the Prophet Jeremiah chapter 23 verses 1 through 8.

Woe to the Shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.

Therefore, thus, says the Lord, the God of Israel concerning the Shepherds who care for my people.

You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them.

Behold I will attend to you for your evil doing, says the Lord.

Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and I will bring

them back to their fold and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will set shepherds over

them who will care for them and they shall fear no more nor be dismayed.

Neither shall any be missing, says the Lord.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous branch and he shall reign as king

and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell securely and this is the name

by which he shall be called the Lord is our righteousness. Therefore behold behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when men shall

no longer say, as the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

but as the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the land of Egypt, but as the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the

house of Israel out of the North Country and out of all the countries where he had driven them,

then they shall dwell in their land.

In 1051 BC, Saul was made the first king over Israel. We looked at that some last week. After 40 years

of his reign, King David, the youngest son of Jesse, was made king a man after God's own heart, the Bible tells

us.

A great king standing as a model to this very day of what a king should be like even though

a sinner.

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