1 Samuel 10:2
“When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”’”
What does 1 Samuel 10:2 mean?
Samuel is giving Saul a sign to confirm that God has chosen him as king, and this particular sign shows how God knows intimate details about what's happening right now, even while Saul is standing there. The two men will report that Saul's father has given up worrying about the lost donkeys and has shifted into deeper concern for his son's safety, which Saul's own family wouldn't have told him yet. It's a tender moment hidden in what seems like a practical errand: Saul went out to find his father's animals, but God was actually working to reveal to him that he's been chosen for something far greater. The sign proves that God sees both the small anxieties of ordinary families and the larger plans unfolding in the background.