1 Samuel 1-13							
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have 
rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will 
send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his 
sons.  
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, 
Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou 
shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of 
the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, 
and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and 
called them to the sacrifice. 
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, 
Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. 
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of 
his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for 
man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither 
hath the LORD chosen this.
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto 
Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There 
remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto 
Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. 
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful 
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this 
is he. 
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: 
and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, 
and went to Ramah. 

David was chosen by God through the prophet Samuel to be king over Israel. David 
did not become king right away but had to wait many years until Saul was finished 
being king. 
God’s timing is perfect. God has his own time table, you have to do what he says 
and when he tells you to do it. Always let God guide your steps. People will try 
to rush God’s purpose for you, but you must let things happen in God’s time.  
That doesn’t mean you should sit like a bump on a log. If you do that God will give 
the job to someone else. Instead take time to get along with god and ask him the anointing and purpose of your life and ask him to help you walk in his timing and 
perfect will.