"ANOINT HIM, FOR THIS IS THE ONE!"

 Let us go back to a time many months earlier. Evening was falling as David tended his father's sheep somewhere on the hillsides near Bethlehem. He was a well-formed man, likely still in his teens, with a ruddy l0ok about him and appealing, intelligent eyes. In quiet moments, he passed the time playing the harp. The beauty of God's creation moved him, and his musical skills had grown steadily through many happy hours of practice. But on the evening in question, David was summoned. His father wanted to see him right away. - 1 SAMUEL 16:12.

He found his father Jesse, talking with a very old man. It was the faithful prophet Samuel. Jehovah had sent him to anoint one of the sons of Jesus as Israel's next king! Samuel had already seen David's seven older brothers, but Jehovah made it clear to Samuel that he He had none of them. When David arrived, though, Jehovah told Samuel: "Anoint him, for this is the one!" In front of David's older brothers, Samuel opened a hollowed-out horn filled with special oil and poured some over David's head. David's life was never the same after that anointing. The Bible says: "The spirit of Jehovah began to empower David from that day forward." - 1 SAMUEL 16:1,5-11, 13.

Next time: "ANOINT HIM, FOR HE IS THE ONE!" 

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