1 Samuel 16
God told Samuel to go and anoint one of Jesse’s sons as king. How easy it would have been for Samuel, as Jesse presented his sons, to assume that he must pick one of the young men before him. But Samuel listened closely to God, and rejected each one brought before him because God told him “not that one.” What trust this required, when to anyone looking on, it would appear that these were his only options for anointing a king! Rather than getting flustered trying to figure out which of the sons he had wrongly refused the kingship, Samuel trusted in His God’s ability to tell him who to anoint, and asked if there were another son. His trust is rewarded with the youngest son coming in from the fields, the one whom God wished to anoint.
Learn from Samuel. Do not assume that all the options are before you! Believe that if God has said no to them, that indeed they are not to be taken and yet another must exist. Ask for this option to be shown to you.
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