Inner beauty matters

The LORD said to Samuel, that he had mourned enough for Saul. Anyways Saul was rejected and he has to anoint another person as king. (1 Samuel 16:1)

So he was asked to fill his flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem and find a man named Jesse who lived there. Since God had selected one of his sons as king.

Samuel was hesitating to do that since if Saul heard about it, he would kill him.

So The Lord asked Samuel to take a heifer with him and tell others that he went to make a sacrifice to the LORD.

The Lord asked him to invite Jesse and his sons to the sacrifice, so that He can show which son to anoint as king. Samuel did as the LORD instructed. When he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the town were scared to meet Samuel.

They asked What went wrong and if Samuel came in peace. Samuel replied that he came to sacrifice to the LORD. Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.

When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought that Surely the LORD must have anointed him.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him.

The LORD doesn’t see things the way we see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:1-7 NLT)

To Ponder:

Yes! So don't waste your precious time and money in outward adornment. Rather spend your time at the feet of God where the inner man will be changed.