1Sa 16:6-7, 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.”
Where man can only look at the appearance of a man, God can see a man’s heart! There was already one (Saul) who looked like a king (outwardly) , YET GOD CHOSE A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART (David).
1Sa 16:13-14, …AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON DAVID from that day forward. …BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DEPARTED FROM SAUL, AND A DISTRESSING SPIRIT FROM THE LORD TROUBLED HIM.
Does a loving God send a distressing spirit? THE SPIRIT OF GOD (HIS PROTECTION) DEPARTED FROM SAUL WHICH LEAVES HIM OPEN TO THE ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY! Satan was able to attack Job ONLY AFTER GOD REMOVED THE HEDGE OF PROTECTION FROM JOB (Job 1:10)! LIKE A LIGHT IN A ROOM, ONCE THE LIGHT GOES OFF DARKNESS FILLS THE SPACE (Mat 12:43-45).
Eph 1:13, IN HIM YOU ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION; IN WHOM ALSO, HAVING BELIEVED, YOU WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE,