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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, July 21, 2023
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Saul is Made King of Israel Bible Verse:1 Samuel 10:17-27 (NLT) "Later Samuel called all the people of Israel to meet before the Lord at Mizpah. And he said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has declared: I brought you from Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all of the nations that were oppressing you. But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!’ Now, therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by tribes and clans.” So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel before the Lord, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot. Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the Lord, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared! So they asked the Lord, “Where is he?” And the Lord replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.” So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else. Then Samuel said to all the people, “This is the man the Lord has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is like him!” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent the people home again. When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him. But there were some scoundrels who complained, “How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them." Message:
Both Samuel and Saul himself seem to have misgivings about the events of this fateful day in 1020 B.C. Samuel (reflecting the “opinion” of God Himself) believes that a king would not be necessary if the Hebrew people had sufficient faith in God, but the great majority of them demand a king, primarily to increase the military efficiency of their armies. Also, they apparently want to be like “other nations.”
Saul, on the other hand, is simply blindsided. Gobsmacked. He’s a young man from a good, but not prominent, family — really just a “regular guy” from an upper-middle-class background. His one distinction is that he is unusually tall. He is completely unprepared to be told, one day out of the blue, that he is the King of Israel — his great aspiration for his journey was that he would be able to find his father’s donkeys.
So what does he do when he finds out God has chosen him to be the King of Israel? He runs and hides in the baggage!
The political problems begin immediately. Samuel writes a rudimentary constitution, a set of regulations for the monarch. But some people don’t like the choice and immediately begin grumbling about it, refusing to honor Saul with gifts.
Meditation : Prayer : God of mercy, swift to help: as my lips pour forth your praise, fill my heart with the peace you give to those who wait for your salvation in Jesus Christ our Lord......Amen |
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