Read: 1 Sam. 9-12
God will often give us what we ask for even if it is not what He wants for us. “Saul” means “asked”. The people asked for a king and God gave them Saul. Saul looked like a king. He was tall, good-looking, strong, etc. The only down fall was he was from the little tribe of Benjamin - the one that almost got wiped off the map when they didn’t come to the rescue of Gibeah. (Judges 19-21) I’m sure Saul didn’t feel much like a king or that anyone from the other tribes would think of him as one so he hid on the day of his promotion. Samuel presented him anyway and there were people who didn’t honor this decision. Saul chose the right thing. He went home and did what he always did and waited for God to exalt him.
The occasion came when the people of Jabesh-gilead were threatened by Nahash (serpent) and they are wondering if anyone will help them since they didn’t help Gibeah. This is a great lesson. Sometimes we don’t want to get involved in helping people we might not know, but we never know if we might need help from strangers ourselves one day. You do reap what you sow.
Israel did come to their rescue through Saul - their newly appointed king. Even Saul had hidden from his new position because of insecurity but when the occasion came, what God had placed inside him couldn’t stay hidden. He just rose up and it was natural for him. We are all anointed and gifted to do our part and we won’t have to make it happen, we won’t have to prove to anyone what our gifting is - it will just rise up. That is God’s way of doing things.
Lord, help us to be content to grow in silent till you raise us up. Help us to reach out to everyone you place in front of us.
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