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Try to See Others as Jehovah Sees ThemThe Watchtower—2003 | March 15
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Try to See Others as Jehovah Sees Them
“Not the way man sees is the way God sees.”—1 SAMUEL 16:7.
1, 2. How did Jehovah’s view of Eliab differ from that of Samuel, and what can we learn from this?
IN THE 11th century B.C.E., Jehovah sent the prophet Samuel on a secret mission. He commanded the prophet to go to the house of a man named Jesse and anoint one of Jesse’s sons to be the future king of Israel. When Samuel caught sight of Jesse’s firstborn, Eliab, he felt sure that he had found the one whom God had chosen. But Jehovah said: “Do not look at his appearance and at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For not the way man sees is the way God sees, because mere man sees what appears to the eyes; but as for Jehovah, he sees what the heart is.” (1 Samuel 16:6, 7) Samuel had failed to see Eliab as Jehovah saw him.a
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Try to See Others as Jehovah Sees ThemThe Watchtower—2003 | March 15
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a It later became apparent that handsome Eliab did not have the makings of a suitable king of Israel. When the Philistine giant Goliath challenged the Israelites in combat, Eliab, along with the other men of Israel, cowered in fear.—1 Samuel 17:11, 28-30.
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