And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. (1Samuel 8:18 KJV)
In the 1 book of Samuel the children of Israel pushed for a “king” to rule them. They wanted to be like the other lands who had kings residing over their land. They no longer wanted “GOD” or His choice of “Judges.” Samuel was then instructed to go forward and anoint a king to rule over them. Saul was chosen and anointed but not without a “stern warning” from God. He warned that the king would do horrendous acts and they would suffer the consequences thereof. He warned that the king would take their fields, their vineyards, and give them to “his servants” and that he would take a tenth of their seed, and give to “his officers and his servants.” Also that he would take a tenth of their sheep, and that they’d be “his servant.” And he warned, “and when you cry out because of your king which ye have chosen, that he wouldn’t hear them.” (1 Samuel 8:10-18)
God allows things to happen due to foolish choices of His children. Sometimes He will step back and allow things to transpire. Some will say, what’s that to do with “TODAY?” The Bible goes down through the ages. Although there have been different ways of “clothing ourselves” throughout each decade, be it different hairstyles, advancements in technology or a progessive overturn in industry, the words of GOD live on. The words in the old testament and the new testament connect one to the other, to this very day.
Christ, our redeemer came looking for us to offer us eternal salavation, and His blood covered us as it washed us white as snow. The sacrifices, blood riturals in the old testament no longer apply, but the laws–commandments, and the warnings of heeding to them still apply. There is no “sugar coating” that part of it. No politically correct way of ushering in the truth. And, when God gave his children their “king”–he warned them what would happen. That the “king would take from them” would “tax them” and “overstep their rights” — that applies to this day.
The world is in chaos and we are seeing many predictions of the Bible unfold before our eyes. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes) everything old is new again. Situations repeat themselves, just look around…turn on the news, see what’s happening. When we take GOD out of the equation, and push Him out of our schools, our buildings, our lives…chaos and discord ensue.
He is watching us…He loves us, and He wants our love. He is hurting more than we are hurting during these hectic days, because He loves us so intensely. So the transformation and pyramids of opposition toward Him is glaringly apparent as are the consequences.
We’ve made decisions and we’ve been a part of a “growing trend” of politically correct facades of discord. We are facing trials of ill gotten choices. But, the good news is…His hand is still extended to us. He is waiting for our voice of reason and love….for our hearts to turn back to HIM. He is our faithful God, our loving Abba Father. He is our refuge our soaring eagle of rightousness. He is our defender against our enemy, and our eternal salvation.
His hand is out, His heart is exposed, and His love is infused into our being. Reach out to Him and accept His love and His Son, Jesus Christ who died for us, and who took away the sin of the world…for us.
The world may change in erradic and unpredictable fashion, but God never changes. He is the same as He was from the beginning of time.
He’s waiting patiently. It’s never too late. Accept Him, know peace and know the meaning of a true and deep enduring love. A love that transcends time and will never die. Reach out…His hand is extended toward you right this moment…
“Thank You Lord, for all You are and all You continue to do for Your children, and thank You for Your love. May those who don’t know You, seek Your presence and Your face, and may those who are in the dark come into the light of Your love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
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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.
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
(1 Samuel 8:7-18 King James Version)
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
(John 3:15-16 King James Version)
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