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There’s an old saying, and it’s true, “God loves you just as you are, but loves you too much to let you stay that way.” One of the most beautiful aspects of God’s love is that the holy, righteous God of heaven loves sinners. He sent His Son to seek and to save that which was lost. In another place Jesus is called the friend of sinners.
If sinners need to be saved, however, then sinners also need to be changed, to be transformed, to be made new. This is the work God does when He draws sinners to Himself.
1 Samuel 10 is about God changing a man or a woman. The principles here in this chapter are true today. God is still moving, God is still transforming, God is still making people new. This chapter shows us how.
At this point in Israel’s history, Samuel was recognized as a powerful prophet. The people came to Samuel and demanded to have a king so they could be like the nations around them. There is real danger in wanting to be like the world. God has called you and me to be different, to be set apart for Him.
This thing was displeasing to Samuel when they asked for a king, but he took their request to the Lord. God answered, telling Samuel to give them what they demanded, “They have not rejected you, but rather, they have rejected me.” That is a life lesson in and of itself; never reject God from ruling over you.
A couple chapters later, Samuel gives a powerful speech, explaining God’s heart, that God would have been their king, but they were not content. “When Israel was enslaved in Egypt and cried out to the Lord, God brought them out of Egypt and settled them in this place, all without a king,” Samuel said. “During the time of the Judges, when Israel turned their back on God and then cried out to the Lord, God sent one deliver after the other and saved them. He did all of that when there was no king in Israel because God is your king,” Samuel said.
If God is not your king, if His word does not have authority in your life, you will find yourself doing what is right in your own eyes. That is the very thing that brought so much distress and trouble to Israel, and the same will be true for anyone who does the same today. God wants to be your king, but as your king, He will direct you into the way of greatest blessing and greatest favor.
God then revealed to Samuel that Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin would be their king. 1 Samuel 9:2, “He was a choice and handsome man, there was not a more handsome person than he among all the sons of Israel; and from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.” In other words, God gave Israel someone they wanted, a man after their own heart.
God gave Saul everything he needed to become a great king. Saul began well, it would be up to him to finish well.
I. Live the Spirit Filled Life
Verse 1 - Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul's head, kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you as ruler over his inheritance?”
Anointing of oil represented the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on his life for the purpose of ruling over Israel. For Saul to reign well, he would need the very life of God upon him.
The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament is distinctly different than the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament.
In the Old Testament, God gave the Holy Spirit to specific people for specific purposes. The anointing and the infilling of the Spirit was limited. He anointed prophets, priests, and kings.
In this case, God gave the Holy Spirit to Saul for the purpose of ruling Israel as king.
In the New Testament, God gives the Holy Spirit to every person who opens their heart to receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior…
Romans 8:9, 14, If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him… For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
“But wait,” you might say, “I’m not called to be a king, why would I be anointed?”
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