Make Us a King. Part [2] 07/22/2024 (Morning thought)

1st Samuel 8:18 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

Hence the reason why leaders of nations especially, are encouraged and counseled to pray for wisdom to govern in harmony with God’s will, for this is the only way that calamity and embarrassment could be averted. 1st Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, You have shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

1st Kings 3:7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1st Kings 3:10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. The reason for this is that in ancient times, the king was not generally held to account as your average John Doe, in so much that crimes tolerated in the king, were not generally punished, and this practice often caused them to behave in ways that were downright outrageous and appalling.

Deuteronomy 16: 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Make Us a King. Part [1] 07/22/2024 (Evening thought)

1st Samuel 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

This chapter marks a very sad day in the history of Israel, in which they deliberately rejected God as their king, and instead requested a man to rule over them, and indeed from this day onward, the nation, over an extended period of time, began to gradually sink lower and lower in stature, until it reached the point of no return, where the nation rejected Christ altogether.

This is the inevitable result of trusting in man for the arm of flesh will fail you sooner or later. Indeed, the history of the kings which came after they insisted on their request, proved that in the overwhelming majority of cases, the kings did more evil than good and even those kings who followed The Lord for the most part, also engaged in some level of evil in most instances.

Human nature is naturally depraved, and if a person isn’t continually led by The Holy Spirit, that person is certain to make very grave mistakes sooner or later. It does not matter if their intentions might be good, if God is not leading you always, those times when there is a lapse in leadership, through waywardness will most likely result in bad actions and choices.

1st Samuel 8:7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

May God add His blessing to the study of is word. “Good night” and God bless!