I love the whole business of Saul being anointed king in 1 Samuel chapters 9 & 10. Particularly I like the prophecy element, with all the details which then just 'work out' simply and straight-forwardly.
For example Samuel is told in advance about Saul (9:15), and seems to know about the donkeys as well! Then there are the prophesied signs in 10:1-11, right down to the detail of the number of loaves of bread. It all just plays out, without a single hitch.
If God is in it, and wants it to happen ... then it will happen.
But of course the strange thing is that the whole episode is a bad deal - Israel should not be having a king in the first place (see 8:1f and 12:12f). So whilst God is in it, revealing through prophecy and having it all play out without setbacks, the whole thing is a big downer compared to what should really be going on.
It seems to me that God may well be in it, but really its a bad plan.
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