Do you ever feel invisible? Like your contributions go unnoticed while others take center stage?

Well, you're in good company. History's greatest achievements weren't solo acts. They required

countless unnamed characters working tirelessly behind the scenes.

Yet few of us know their names.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall brings to light the remarkable stories of both

triumph and failure that transform how we view those hidden roles.

You see, the Bible spotlights overlooked characters,

ordinary people who change the course of history,

and their powerful stories show us what true significance looks like.

Over in the book of 2 Samuel chapter 23, we will read of the last words that were significant enough for the writer of the book to include that fell from the lips of David.

And then we will move over to First Chronicles

and read of similar words that were said at the beginning of David's move toward the throne of

Israel. So turn in your Bibles to both chapters, if you will, Second Samuel 23, and then in a

moment we'll get over to First Chronicles 11. I have a friend who calls this section of scriptures

the Pots and Pans edition or section of the scriptures. It's often the place where people

stop reading through the Bible because it is full

of words that are hard to pronounce and names and sort of comes across as an obituary when in fact

it is a history at its most exciting moment, though it doesn't seem like it when you read words on

the page. So follow along. Second Samuel 23, verse one. Now, these are the

last words of David. David, the son of Jesse declares, the man who was raised on high,

declares the anointed of the God of Jacob and the sweet psalmist of Israel.

The spirit of the Lord spoke by me and his word was on my tongue.

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