by Paul Ice
Chapter 8 tells of a sad day in Israel . When we think of the Kings of Israel, we do
not often reflect on their beginnings.
When Samuel approached God about the request of the people for a king,
this was God’s response to Samuel, “. . .for they have not rejected you, but
they have rejected me from being king over them.”
What a sad phrase.
After this he says . . .”warn them and show them the ways of
the king who shall reign over them.”
In addition to personal sacrifices of wealth, family, and servants,
Samuel gives them this warning. “And in
that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for
yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
Their response:
“No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be
like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and
fight our battles.”
How ironic. How many
times they had cried to the Lord to deliver them, and how many times in the
future they would cry to the Lord to deliver them.
We have the same recordings of God’s faithfulness that the
Israelites did. It’s so easy to be hard
on their lack of judgment, yet we struggle with the same things. How often we are pulled by the desire so be
like all those around us.
I am thankful for God’s patience, mercy, forgiveness, and restoration
when I confess these foolish desires of my heart.
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