Those Who Are Chosen!
Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those the Lord has chosen. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Saul did not do what God said, and thus, he sinned against God.
1 Samuel 16:1-2 (ESV) takes us to Bethlehem where Samuel is searching of new leadership.
“The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.’ And Samuel said, ‘How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.’ And the Lord said, ‘Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’”
Although Samuel was God’s prophet, Samuel was still fearful of Saul. God addressed Samuel’s concern by telling him to take a heifer with him and giving him the words to say.
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