08/27/2014 BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER
I Samuel 16: 6- 7, 10- 12 When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, "Surely this is the man the LORD has chosen!" But the LORD said to Samuel, "Don't judge by a man's face or height, for this is not the one. I don't make decisions the way you do! Men judge by outward appearances, but I look at a man's thoughts and intentions." [The King James translation states: "but the LORD looketh on the heart."]....."The LORD has not chosen any of them," Samuel told Jesse. "Are these all there are?" "Well, there is the youngest, Jesse replied. "But he's out in the fields watching the sheep." "Send for him at once," Samuel said, "for we will not sit down to eat until he arrives." So Jesse sent for him. He was a fine-looking boy, ruddy-faced, and with pleasant eyes. And the LORD said, "This is the one; anoint him." [Living Bible translation]
Summary: Although GOD had led the people of Israel by speaking through prophets such as Samuel, the people did not want GOD's leadership. Wanting to be like all the other nations around them, the Israelites told Samuel they wanted a king. So, Saul became the first king. Saul was a head taller than any of the others. 1 Samuel 9:2