Moment of Meditation: Saul Anointed King (1 Samuel 10:19)

Original Broadcast: August 2009

Monthly Theme: King Saul

[Samuel said:] "But today you have rejected your God,
who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses,
and you have said to Him, 'Set a king over us.'
Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD."
(1 Samuel 10:19)

Saul Anointed King

Samuel goes and does as the people demand and God approved. He goes to find the first king of Israel. He brought the entire congregation of Israel together. Starting with Reuben, he went tribe-by-tribe until God proclaimed the king to come from Benjamin. Benjamin came forward clan-by-clan until the Matrites were chosen. The clan came forward family-by-family until Saul was chosen. "But when they sought him, he could not be found" (v21).

Maybe Saul had the right idea. Everybody wants a king, but they want a king who will rule their way. Millions of people demanding to be heard and followed in their ideas. Saul was probably right for running away from such a stressful job, but it was the job that God had given to him. The job he had been born for.

Each of us has been placed on this earth for a specific task. Some of us find it earlier, some later. We see how God has skilled us and gifted us with certain abilities, talents and gifts that are best used in certain instances.

Many times, especially when we're younger, our task is not so clear. Prayer is needed that God might show us where He wants us and what He wants us to do with our lives in His service.

Join me in a prayer this morning. Gracious Lord, be with us this day and enlighten our lives so that we may see Your purposes for us that we might live and walk fully in Your ways. Amen.