Samuel’s Finest Hour!

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Greatness – is the time gap between making a and it.

We ourselves a lot of and embarrassment when we learn this .

Samuel grew up to be the greatest since and became a legend.

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have abandoned Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you as well. Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall warn them strongly and tell them of the practice of the king who will reign over them.”  1 Samuel 8:7-9

1. Samuel refused to take rejection .
2. Samuel showed by the best candidate for the kingship – Saul. (1 Samuel 9–10)
3. When Saul as king Samuel was and did not it in.

1. Another fine hour for Samuel was – as an older man he went his comfort zone and anointed David king when Saul was still king.
2. Samuel’s last major came when he arrived at the of Jesse.

Jumping the – quickly chose , the first born.

! The Lord intervened and said to Samuel:

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”  1 Samuel 16:7

In front of Jesse and the brothers – Samuel he was !

There is no that Samuel was by his .

Samuel’s finest hour was identifying David as the one nobody would have would be the future king.