Today's Scripture
Saul – 1 Samuel 9:14-27
Today’s Reading Schedule: 1 Samuel 9-12 – Click to read
14 So Saul and the boy went up to the town, and as they entered it, suddenly Samuel came toward them on his way up to the shrine. 15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed the following to Samuel:16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the Benjaminite territory. You will anoint him as leader of my people Israel. He will save my people from the Philistines’ power because I have seen the suffering of my people, and their cry for help has reached me.” 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “That’s the man I told you about. That’s the one who will rule my people.”
18 Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
19 “I’m the seer,” Samuel told Saul. “Go on ahead of me to the shrine. You can eat with me today. In the morning I’ll send you on your way, and I will tell you everything you want to know. 20 As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, don’t be worried about them because they’ve been found. Who owns all of Israel’s treasures, anyway? Isn’t it you and your whole family?”
21 “I’m a Benjaminite,” Saul responded, “from the smallest Israelite tribe, and my family is the littlest of the families in the tribe of Benjamin. Why would you say something like that to me?”
22 Then Samuel took Saul and his young servant and brought them to the banquet room. He gave them an honored place among the invited guests. There were about thirty total. 23 Samuel said to the cook, “Serve the portion I gave you—the one I told you to set aside.” 24 So the cook took the thigh and what was on it, and put it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “Look, what had been reserved is now in front of you. Eat up, because it was set apart for you for this specific occasion, ever since I invited the guests.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.25 When they came back from the shrine to the town, a bed was made for Saul on the roof, and he slept.
26 Near dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Wake up! I will send you on your way.” So Saul got up, and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside. 27 As they were nearing the edge of town Samuel said, “Tell the boy to go on ahead of us” (the servant did so) “but you stop for a bit so I can tell you God’s word.
Devotion
What Does the passage Mean to Me/US?
I don’t know how many people are fond of King Saul. When we think about a righteous king, we always have David in our mind, despite all his shortcomings. However, if you read the story of Saul, he was a significant person, before insecurity crept into his heart.
He comes from a small tribe of Benjamin. If you remember, from the story of Judges, the Benjamites were on a brink of extinction.
See want a disturbance it was to the people in the nation to see how God has chosen someone from a tribe of Benjamin.
Samuel walked with this man, share the call that God had for him and continued to encourage him to do God’s will.
Of course, we see how Saul falls astray from that call, later in his life, but Saul accepted that call to lead God’s people.
God calls us whoever we are, wherever we come from.
The question to answer is.. ‘are we accepting that call?’
Prayer
Lord, we know you call us for your purpose. Help us to follow that call in our lives, today. In Christ name, AMEN.
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