1Samuel 8:4-10, 19-22
King
of Israel
- God
had always planned to be their King
- the
people rejected God's plan & wanted to be like the other nations
with kings
- God
called them to be extraordinary, but they wanted the ordinary
The
decision
- the
Lord allowed them the ability to choose His plan or not
while
they had the ultimate choice, God gave them a fair warning v.9
- with
the ability to choose – people sometimes choose wrong (as Israel
does here)
Their
earthly king – Saul
- God
allowed the nation of Israel to be ruled by and earthly king
- follow
Saul through the next few chapters to see everything go wrong with
time
- the
Lord knew what was best for them & was looking out for them
always
“...the Lord regretted that
he had made Saul king over Israel.” - 1 Samuel 15:35b (NIV)
- Saul did not lead the nation
in the way of the Lord → God chose David
- Samuel was deeply saddened by
the kingship of Saul & mourned the incident
The Lord's anointed
- Samuel is told to anoint one
of the sons of Jesse as future king of Israel – v.1
- even Samuel looked at trivial
things for future king – v.6
- the one son that Jesse had
not even thought worth bringing before Samuel – David
- when Samuel anointed the true
king (David) the Spirit came on him immediately
Conclusion:
- We must not be distracted by
what other's are doing around us - God knows what's best
- We must not be distracted by
what we think is important - look to God for your guidance
“But the Lord
said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I
have rejected him. The Lord
does not look at the things people look at. People look at the
outward appearance, but the Lord
looks at the heart.'” - 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
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