1st Samuel 16:4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, do you come peaceably? 5 And he said, peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
[Testimonies Vol. 5 pp 168] “Love is unsuspecting, ever placing the most favorable construction upon the motives and acts of others.” We do pick up information from our five senses, and we draw what we reckon as reasonable conclusions, but let us always keep this caveat in mind, we could be wrong. One of the most important lessons we, as Christians must learn is to give to others the benefit of the doubt.
The fact that persons do judge doesn’t always mean it will be negative conclusions that may be drawn. In many instances persons might come to very positive conclusions, and still be off kilter. A case in point is when Samuel went to anoint one of Jesse’s sons to be the next king of Israel.
Him being tall and of a commanding presence made a deep, favorable impression upon the prophet, and without waiting for God’s take on the matter Samuel declared that Eliab was The Lord’s anointed. But this turned out to be a wrong conclusion, even though it was a very favorable impression made.
1st Samuel 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord sees not as man sees, because man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!