Good Morning Monday...
Father Thank You for this NEW DAY. Help us to be Your LIGHTs in this dark world. Help us to show the kindness, compassion, mercy, and LOVE that You Have Shown Us Through Your Son YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. We ask this in His Name, The Name Above All Names, Yeshua, Jesus Christ Our Savior. AMEN! - David: The Anointed King of Israel (Part 4) A Better One Has Been Chosen: Saul was the first king of Israel. Saul is the man chosen after Israel had begged for "another" king besides Our Eternal King. Our Father was not pleased with this and the people of Israel would soon regret what they had asked. While Saul did seemingly inherit a very tough situation, he couldn't control himself, nor could he properly follow Our Fathers Instructions. Had he chosen Our Father's Ways and Instructions Saul's paths, we can be sure, would have been "made straight," but alas, he did not. Saul was hasty, fearful of man(even though anointed by Our Father), prideful, and filled with "worldliness." He disobeyed God over and over, not bringing to mind those things he had been commanded by God Almighty as completely necessary. For this reason Saul would have The Kingdom of Israel stripped from him and given to another who was after "God's Own Heart," David. Saul would have the kingdom stripped from Him because of his many transgressions and given to David. Our Father had determined to give His People a new leader with a heart for Him. Saul was very much an egotist. Can you imagine what it was like the day that Samuel told him that God had chosen "one who is better than you" to replace him? This had to be a tense situation for sure, but Saul did eventually figure out that Our Father's decision was made and He was not changing His mind. When this happened, what was Saul concerned with? Popularity and social status! Unbelievable right? Saul realized that God's anointing had been removed and admitted this in a private conversation with The Prophet Samuel, and then he pleaded: “Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship The LORD (Yahweh, YHWH) your God.” So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped The LORD (Yahweh).” I Samuel 15:30-31 Notice that Saul says, "that I may worship The LORD (Yahweh) YOUR God," and not "his" God. It was clear that Saul's motives were less than pure, but Samuel relented and did so, certainly knowing Our Father would still make use of him. Here is where the lesson in Saul is. Saul turned out to be a "bad egg," but God wasn't done with him just yet. Our Father, in His favor towards David and Israel, had Saul establish Israel as a nation on the world stage. Our Father had Saul establish the first working armed forces in Israel. Our Father used Saul's wickedness to show how a true man of God would treat others. Though Saul would try to kill David over and over, throw spears at David's head, and pursue David with immense armies, Saul would never succeed. This is a prime example of Our Father showing He can work through any situation no matter how hopeless it seems. Though Saul was wicked, just look at all the good things that came through Our Father's use of him. God was "setting the stage" so to speak for the future king “David The Great” (Our Father's term not mine). While many years would pass and many hardships would befall David under King Saul's reign, David somehow knew... Our Father was doing a good thing for him and Israel. While David was waiting to take the throne after his anointing, Our Father used Saul to: establish Israel, calm the people's fears, establish armies, train David and his armies, and show the people how a "wicked king" would treat them. When David finally came into the seat of power, all things would be laid before his feet and be ready for his rule. Our Father can work His Good through any situation no matter how bad it may seem. We may be facing situations of being under the authority of others, at times, that are less than noble and maybe even wicked, but we can be assured that Our Father is using this for our good. All we have to do? Be faithful to Him, Our Father In Heaven. Are you dealing with a tough situation, with a worldly boss, a wicked leader, or a prideful and ego filled authority? Take heart! Our Father may just be "setting the stage" for you. 🔥 Shema (Behold), Israel! The Word of Yahweh (YHWH, LORD, God): “Trust in The Lord (Yahweh) with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 “Thus says The LORD (Yahweh), Your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I Am The LORD (Yahweh) your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” Isaiah 48:17-18 “Then Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.” 1 Samuel 15:28 Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel.” 1 Samuel 15:34-35 “But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to The LORD (Yahweh). And The LORD (Yahweh) said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.” So Samuel told all the words of The LORD (Yahweh) to the people who asked him for a king. And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and The LORD (Yahweh) will not hear you in that day.” Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have 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.” And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of The LORD (Yahweh). So The LORD (Yahweh) said to Samuel, “Heed their voice, and make them a king.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Every man go to his city.” I Samuel 8:6-22 Have a wonderful Monday My Brothers and Sisters. May The Peace of Our Father, El Shaddia, God Almighty be with you all! Please leave any questions, comments, insights, Biblical Nuggets, encouragement, or thoughts in the comments below.
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