ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Wednesday October 9th, 2024.

Topic : Lessons From King Saul.

Memory Verse :1 Samuel 15:28. Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you.

Bible Reading :1 Chronicles 10:2-4 GNB. Key Verse: v4.

But the Philistines caught up with them and killed three of Saul’s sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. The fighting was heavy round Saul, and he was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded. He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, to keep these godless Philistines from gloating over me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

Saul son of Kish was chosen to be king over Israel the people of God without him fighting for it. Infact, kinship located him in an unexpected manner according to the workings of God Almighty himself. When he couldn’t follow divine instructions, the same God who lifted him decided to ease his from the throne. And himself knowing the mind of God began to fight to keep himself on the throne and secure same for his children, against divine agenda. After Samuel told him the mind of God, he didn’t make any effort to repent and seek the face of the Lord on the matter and ask for mercy before the Lord. A man like David would have gone to the Lord and humbled himself to see if the Lord could change his mind towards him. I believe that was one of attitudes that endeared David to the heart of God. “You sinned in secret, but I will make this happen in broad daylight for all Israel to see.’ ”“I have sinned against the Lord,” David said.Nathan replied, “The Lord forgives you; you will not die. But because you have shown such contempt for the Lord in doing this, your child will die.”” 2 Samuel 12:12-14..

King Saul knew that God was raising David to take over from him, yet he was bent on twarting that plan of God by eliminating David. He channeled every resources within his reach to hunt down and kill David instead of trying to make amends before the Lord who was bent on replacing him with one of better understanding on the assignment. Even when all the indices was showing that he was contending with God and not little David, he couldn’t have a rethink till his entire family was consumed by war to pave way for David’s peaceful ascension to the throne. “When David had finished speaking, Saul said, “Is that really you, David my son?” And he started crying. Then he said to David, “You are right, and I am wrong. You have been so good to me, while I have done such wrong to you!Today you have shown how good you are to me, because you did not kill me, even though the Lord put me in your power.” 1 Samuel 24:16-18..

Today we need to learn that it was the desperation of Saul to keep himself and his family in power against God’s will that led to the destruction of an entire family in one day by divine judgement. We need to know when to surrender to God’s plan which no man can counter. No man can keep what he received by divine arrangement by his own physical strength against God’s will. The more we understand to walk with divine timing and seasons, the better and less stressful our lives becomes. I once heard Mike Murdock say that when we insist in what God has not given us, we will loose that which he had given already. On a very important note, no man can stop a man whose time of lifting with God has come. Anyone who dares to stop him will certainly end up a casualty, just like king Saul trying to stop David from ascending the throne.

Prayer :Thank you Father God for teaching me your ways through the lives of men of old. Help me to always humble myself and submit to your will and timing in everything I do. Keep me from anything that will cut short your good plan for my life in Jesus precious name….. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Acts 2:43-3:10.

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