Time to Move On 

'Fill your horn with oil and be on your way’  1 Samuel 16:1
 
Israel’s first king had been such a disappointment to Samuel.
 
It was Samuel who had anointed Saul and placed him before the people. 
There were such high hopes that the new king would reverse Israel’s fortunes and usher in a sustained period of peace and prosperity.
 
It had all gone wrong and now Samuel was in danger of going into depression, or worse still, indulging in a ‘pity party’.
 
Have you ever found yourself locked in to regret and disappointment in this way? 
Focussing on past failure and what might have been’
 
Maybe it’s time to 'Fill your horn with oil and be on your way’.
Get your anointing oil ready and let’s move ahead into new adventures and opportunities. 
There is already a shepherd boy, out in the hills watching sheep, who will be Israel’s greatest king ever and he needs that oil on his life.
 
Samuel didn’t know this, but then you don’t need to know everything in advance. 
Do you?