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After God rejected Saul as the king because of his disobedience, Samuel was sent to anoint a son of Jesse as king.  All of his sons that Samuel saw were rejected, even though some seemed physically ideal to be a king.  God was not looking at the physical characteristics but at the heart of the sons.  David was tending sheep at this time and was called, and Samuel knew he had found the right man.  Samuel anointed David as king, but he did not demand to immediately claim the kingship.  He went back to tending sheep.  Even if we are called to be leaders in God's kingdom, our most important role is always to tend to His sheep.  Then after being anointed as king, David was called to play the harp for Saul, and he went and did so.  He did not believe this was beneath him.  We need to be willing to serve in any situation God leads us to without letting pride gat in the way.  After David returned to tending sheep,  Goliath, a giant, was taunting the Israelite army, including  some of David's brothers, when David came to bring his brothers some provisions.  He asked why they were allowing Goliath to do this, and said he would face him.  We should never allow things that we deem to be giants, or too big for us to overcome, to keep us from standing up to them under the power of the Holy Spirit.  David killed Goliath with a sling, cut off his head, and took his sword, but he still did not pronounce himself as the anointed king.  He still recognized Saul as God's anointed king and was content to serve Him.  We should never attempt to claim a place of service until we know for certain that the person filling it is no longer capable of filling it, but must wait for God's timing to be right.  Saul became jealous of David and spent years trying to kill him, but even on two occasions when David could have killed Saul, he didn't.  We also must never act just because an opportunity presents itself, but must rely on God's timing to act.  At one point, Saul promised one of his daughters to David  in marriage, and then had her marry someone else basically to try to humiliate David.  People of the world are still trying to humiliate Christians today.  Eventually,  David did marry one of Saul's daughters, and she loved him and saved his life on one occasion.  Saul later gave her to another man in marriage.  We have to have a lot of empathy for her since she had little say in the matter.  We may at times be treated like a pawn in a chess game, with little to say about the situation we are placed in, but if we remain faithful to God, our victory is assured.  We are told of Jonathan, Saul's son and apparent heir to the throne and his loyalty to David above his loyalty to his father.  We likewise should be more loyal to God and His his plan than we are to our earthly father.