Despite Saul's reluctance Samuel anointed him as king. There are a couple of things to immediately notice here. One is that Saul was anointed king before he actually became so. David too was anointed long before he actually became king. There can be a significant gap sometimes between receiving the calling of God for a particular task or role, and the realisation of that calling. Secondly he is to "rule over God's inheritance". All positions of authority that we have are actually positions of service.
Samuel then told Saul what would happen to him on the way home. The physical events would confirm the truth of Samuel's words and instil faith in Saul, then when he met the worshipping prophets he would have the faith to receive the Holy Spirit.
Next Samuel tells him that he is then "to do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you". So there is another valuable lesson here. God does not give us the Spirit in order to take over our lives in the sense of controlling us as an automaton. He give us His Spirit so that we are enabled to live a life for Him. We also still have responsibility, and need to make the right choices.
Finally Saul is given an instruction to wait for Samuel before offering sacrifices.
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