The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Chronicles 10:13-14,
"Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse."
In this short conclusion to King Saul's life, the first king of Israel, we find that the Lord "put him to death." Saul was not made of the stuff the Lord wanted for the king of his people. Not this man, not at this time.
Saul was anything but a man who feared and revered the Lord. We read he was unfaithful to the Lord, violated the word of the Lord and flaunted the law of the Lord. He was not a man of prayer, but chose to give himself instead to worthless things, like mediums, for guidance. Rather than inquire of the Lord, he chose to inquire of what the spiritually dark side provides fallen mankind.
Saul had to go in order to install a new king, David. David, unlike Saul, gave himself to the Lord. God himself said of David, "I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do." Acts 13:22.
God doesn't always put an evil man to death as he did with Saul. The answer to that appears to me to be that the Lord had his agenda for that time and it was not going to come to fruition with Saul. It would with David, but not with Saul. therefore, Saul had to go.
I am a firm believer that the Lord has his agenda, he has specific things he desires to accomplish and he pursues those. Even when it means taking someone out of the way of achieving that agenda. I am reminded of Isaiah 55:10-11,
"Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse."
In this short conclusion to King Saul's life, the first king of Israel, we find that the Lord "put him to death." Saul was not made of the stuff the Lord wanted for the king of his people. Not this man, not at this time.
Saul was anything but a man who feared and revered the Lord. We read he was unfaithful to the Lord, violated the word of the Lord and flaunted the law of the Lord. He was not a man of prayer, but chose to give himself instead to worthless things, like mediums, for guidance. Rather than inquire of the Lord, he chose to inquire of what the spiritually dark side provides fallen mankind.
Saul had to go in order to install a new king, David. David, unlike Saul, gave himself to the Lord. God himself said of David, "I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do." Acts 13:22.
God doesn't always put an evil man to death as he did with Saul. The answer to that appears to me to be that the Lord had his agenda for that time and it was not going to come to fruition with Saul. It would with David, but not with Saul. therefore, Saul had to go.
I am a firm believer that the Lord has his agenda, he has specific things he desires to accomplish and he pursues those. Even when it means taking someone out of the way of achieving that agenda. I am reminded of Isaiah 55:10-11,
"As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
God has his desires and purposes and aggressively pursues them. I think it behooves me to be aware of what those are.
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