Joel Osteen
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He didn't slack off because nobody was watching.
He didn't get bitter, go around with a chip on his shoulder.
He was his best right where he was.
In the natural, didn't look like he would ever get out of the shepherd's fields and do something significant.
Every circumstance said he was stuck.
His brothers looked down on him.
His father didn't believe in him.
All the odds were against him.
But one day God told the prophet Samuel to go to Jesse's house and anoint one of his sons as the next king.
When Samuel showed up, the first one he saw was David's oldest brother, Eliab.
He was tall, good looking, had a great physique, very impressive.
Samuel thought it's got to be him.
Look at that kid.
He looks like a king.
But the scripture says, God said to Samuel, do not consider his appearance or his height.
He is not the one.
You look on the outside, but I look on the heart.
The next son came by.
Samuel said, it's not him.
Next one, not him.