Choosing by God's standard

"Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.....So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him!” But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”"

1 Samuel 16 :1,6-7

In 3 more weeks, a old generation of admin will pass and a new one will take its place. Over the past 3 weeks, Boy after Boy has passed through the interview doors and now the real deliberation begins.

And as each Boy is assigned to a post, I was reminded of how, when Samuel went to anoint a new king after Saul, God made Samuel look and consider each of Jesse's sons before finally pointing out the youngest, David.

Why then did the Lord make Samuel go through all the elder sons first before finally pointing out David when he appeared? Why didn't the Lord immediately instruct Samuel to seek out David and anoint him on the spot?

One thing I came to realize was that at any point in time, Samuel could have easily said, "No Lord, I'm sure that THIS person is meant to be king." And God would probably have relented, just as how He relented when the people of Israel demanded a king in the first place.

But Samuel would not be turned from chasing after God's Will. Even when it seemed that the choices were exhausted, Samuel stuck to God's instructions and asked if there were any more sons.

One can only pray that God will choose this admin, not me nor any officer. Not even, I dare say, the captain himself. For Man looks only at the outward appearance, but God sees that which we cannot see, the heart of the man.

Oh that this admin and cohort will grow up chasing after God's Glory.