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The Hebrew word for “Saul” is a form of the verb “to ask.”
Who you are is revealed over time not simply in a moment of time.
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What you conclude after reading chapters 9-10 is that Saul is very impressive.
Saul was physically impressive.
He was head and shoulders above the rest.
He was described as handsome.
Saul seems spiritually impressive.
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He submits to his father.
(in contrast to Samuel’s and Eliah’s sons)
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He is humble not haughty.
(in this entire story Saul never seeks the position of king.
It is not like he has political aspirations.
He doesn’t through his hat into the ring.
- Saul is not attempting to get his resume before Samuel.
In fact he is not looking for the job.
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He is spirit filled.
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Be careful about being overly impressed by first impressions.
Everything you see about Saul seems to indicate that he is the dream candidate for the position of King.
But Israel will soon see their wildest dream turn into their worst nightmare.
Why because Character is revealed over time not in a moment of time.
The events of leadership and the responsibility of leadership and the authority of leadership will reveal Saul’s character in crystal clear ways.
Abraham Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
Abraham Lincoln
Character Counts!
"Nothing is more pathetic than having a small character in a big assignment.
Many of us don't want to give attention to our character; we just want the big assignment from God."
- Henry Blackaby
Character matters - it matters in the White House and it especially matters in the church house.
What is at stake in the conduct of God’s people? - The Gospel is At Stake!
God still rules even when people rebel.
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This is the story of providence not coincidence.
There is an unseen had to me,
That leads through wave I cannot see
While going through this world of woe,
This hand still leads me as I go
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I’m trusting to, the unseen hand,
That guides me through this weary land
When some sweet day I’ll reach that strand,
Still guided by the unseen hand
In this story you must see the unseen hand.
The donkeys get lost and Saul gets sent.
They can’t find the donkeys so they go look for the prophet who can tell them about the Donkey.
Don’t worry about he Donkeys God has a much bigger plan.
The Hebrew word for “Saul” is a form of the verb “to ask.”
It is a subtle reminder that God was giving exactly what they had asked for.
God is still ruling over His rebellious people.
Israel chose to have a king but God chose which king she would have.
This is what I hear all the time - David is the king God Chose while Saul is the King Israel Chose.
That is not consistent with what we see the scriptures teaching.
The king is selected by casting lost.
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Samuel assembles Israel and from the 12 tribes Benjamin’s number comes up.
Then from all the clans of Benjamin the clan Matrites number comes up.
This same procedure is followed all the way until Saul’s number comes up.
Why did they cast a lot?
The people in the Old Testament that God was sovereign even over the rolling of dice.
Who you are is revealed over time not just a moment in time.
Be careful about being overly impressed by first impressions.
Don’t fail to see the hand of providence in your particular circumstance.
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God does extraordinary things in some of the most ordinary moments of life.
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Your first impressions about Saul is that he was impressive!
Two Jewish families had been ripped apart because of World War 2. Marcel Sternberger had immigrated to the United States and found work.
He always took the 9:09 Long Island train from his home to Woodside, New York where he caught a subway into the city.
On January 10, 1948, he boarded the 9:09 as usual.
En route, he suddenly decided to visit a Hungarian friend who lived in Brooklyn and was ill.
So he changed to the subway for Brooklyn, went and visited his friend and then boarded a subway heading toward his office downtown Manhattan.
Let me read the account written by Marcel in person.
He wrote, I’d been living in New York long enough not to start conversations with strangers.
But, being a photographer, I have the habit of analyzing people’s faces, and I was struck by the sad features of the passenger near me.
He was probably in his late 30’s and seemed to be terribly sad.
He was reading a Hungarian newspaper, and something prompted me to say in Hungarian, “I hope you don’t mind if I glance at your paper?”
The young man seemed surprised to hear someone speaking his native tongue, and answered politely, “You may.”
During the half hour ride to town, we ended up carrying on a conversation.
He said his name was Bela Paskin.
He had been a law student when the war started and he’d been arrested and immediately put into a German labor battalion and sent to the Ukraine.
He hadn’t been able to tell his family or even his wife goodbye.
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war started and he’d been arrested and immediately put into a German labor battalion and sent to the Ukraine.
He hadn’t been able to tell his family or even his wife goodbye.
Later during the end of the war, he was captured by the Russians and put to work burying the German dead.
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When the war was finally over, he covered hundreds of miles on foot until he reached his home in Debratzin, a large city in eastern Hungary.
I myself knew Debratzin quite well and we talked about it for some time.
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He is not haughty but humble.
He told me that upon arriving to the apartment once occupied by his father, mother, brothers and sisters, he found strangers living there.
Then he went upstairs to the apartment that he and his wife once had.
No one in the building had ever heard of his family.
No one knew his wife or the whereabouts of his family.
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