-Forty- Who Will Be King?

Who Will Be King?

Today’s Reading: 1 Samuel 8 and 1 Samuel 9:16

Focal Verse: 1 Samuel 9:16

“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

Sometimes we refuse God’s best for our lives. He calls us to have faith in Him, but we look at the worldly way of doing things and we say, “God, I know You can do anything, but….” And then we go on to tell Him the “practical”, worldly answer we have decided on instead.

Israel faced this moment. God wanted them to follow Him. He didn’t want them to have to pay tribute to an earthly king or have to give their sons, daughters and lands into the king’s service. But they wanted a king, like other nations, and they demanded a king. God said, “They have rejected Me” (1 Samuel 8:7). As always, though, God gives us a choice. He gives them a king.

He could have given them a harsh king to prove the warnings He had given them about taking a king. In His grace, however, even being rejected by His people, He chose someone to deliver them.

If God can give grace to us even when we chose our own way, how much more grace will He give us when we choose to let Him reign in our lives?

In what area of your life are you choosing human wisdom rather than obedience to God? Have you chosen to make Him the King of your life?