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Good Morning!

We are in a series entitled Unashamed...and we are talking about this Emotion called Shame… and it’s impact on other emotions...

Shame has been called the silent emotion because it is difficult to identify in our lives… and it’s the emotion that gets ignored the most....

You won’t find too many books entitled SHAME on the NY best Sellers list....because Ironically we are really ashamed of shame…

Shame has also been called the Master emotion because it influences all the other emotions....

Dr Andrea Brandt in article in Psychology Today says that

Shame is the only emotion that can bind with other emotions.

You can feel joy, sadness, fear, disgust, and anger all while you simultaneously feel shame.

Emotions are essentially good

1.

Emotions are the way that we experience life…

2. Emotions are the energy for the Soul…

3. Emotions are also early warning signals…

However we need to understand -that..

When sin entered into our world... it impacted not only our relationship with God and each other but also our Emotions.

Adam and Eve went from enjoying Peace with God (shalom the way things should be),to hiding the being ashamed of their nakedness.

Instead of experiencing Grace and the fullness of God’s love they felt… feelings of fear guilt and shame and disgrace...

We are going to spend the next few moments talk about the relationship of Shame on Anger..

Have you noticed how Angry people are these days are pretty wound up… Anger is a very real thing in our world…

… — Just think about how politics have divided our nation…in the past several years… There was a day when politicians were able to cordially debate differences… keeping tempters controlled.

This simply no longer the case there are now feelings of hated and loathing that run deep with hate across both sides of the isle… Several years ago Peter wood wrote in his book, “ a bee in the Mouth...

"For the first time in our political history, declaring absolute hatred for one's opponent has become a sign not of sad excess, but of good character."

Peter Wood

IT/S f there is anyone personality in the Bible that personifies the relation between Shame and anger it’s King Saul… There are three scene from his life we are going to look at..

The First Scene … we are going call

“lost in the Baggage ”

I don’t know if you have a story about baggage and airports … but I came across this story which would be really hard to beat...

Ted, had just returned from a business trip and went to get his luggage at the baggage area of Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

Almost everyone had gotten their luggage.. Ted that his bags were about to cycle through the canvas flaps into the back room… He quickly reached for his bags, but unfortunately lost his balance and fell onto the convey belt and was sucked through the flaps....

So there he was, flat on his back, hanging tightly to the handle of his suitcase over his head, and riding the conveyor through the flaps into the darkness beyond.

Several thoughts were going through his mind: I've been wanting to do this for years.

I could get arrested.

Now is probably not the best time to get off.

So he rode the belt, still gripping his suitcase, till he and his bag passed through the flaps again into the light.

At this point he looked up into the face of an official-looking woman who said, "You're not supposed to do that!"

To which he replied, "Have you ever tried this?!"

And she bellowed, "No!"

And he simply said, "Don't!"

He then swung his feet to the floor, tightened his grip on the suitcase handle, stood on the edge of the conveyor belt, and walked off.

(preaching today)

In our text we are going to Saul hiding in the Luggage…and so how did he get there?

When Saul was a young man ... the people of Israel had been asking for a King and they desired to be like the other nations around them.So the

The reason being was that the Philistines posed a serious threat, and they were well equipped and well organized.

The Israelite were large but acted independently within their tribes, and none of them had a permanent army… so logic was that ..unless they found a means of uniting the tribes and building up an army, Israel would perish as a nation… .

This is just after the period of the Judges --- where Samuel was the last judge and unfortunately there was no succession planned because Samuel’s children had not followed in the ways of the Lord....

So the elders of Israel approach Samuel and request that he choose and appoint a KING for ISRAEL…

This news was disheartening to Samuel and he took Israel asking for king as Rejecting their Faith...

… Samuel prays and brings his disappointments to God.…

1 Samuel 8:7 ESV

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

God’s Original plan was that Israel would be different from other nations that He would be their King and they would walk with Him and be their God.

But God also endowed man with free choice and man has the ability to reject his Soveriegnty..

What is amazing about this text is that..

God reminds Samuel that He should not take this personally

• … God reminds Samuel that it’s not his job to save Israel or to save his family --- that’s God’s Job… Samuels Job is warn them and to let them know the truth but He is not responsible for choices..

• What a burden that lifts...

God had someone in mind to be King of Israel… God is bigger than free Choice… and our mistakes…

• Saul was the son of Kish from the tribe the Benjamin the smallest tribe of Israel…

• Saul and his servant had been sent on a mission to find his fathers Donkey’s that had some how got lost…

• They were searching in the region near Jerusalem when his servant suggest that they go and enquire the seer/ prophet in the City ---Perhaps He would find the donkeys…

• While this is happening... God had already spoken to Samuel to be on the look out for a young man from the tribe of Benjamin whom He was to anoint as King of Israel.

• As Saul and his Servant enter the city.. Samuel happened to be walking straight towards them on the way to temple.

As soon as Samuel see Saul…

• the Lord speaks to him and says this is the man that I was telling you about.

• Samuel announces to Saul that he is the chosen one of Israel… That He would be the chosen king who would deliver Israel from the Philistines....

He was the Desire of all Israel and that the future of Israel was in his hand…

• As you can imagine Saul was in shock..

1 Samuel 9:21 ESV

Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel?

And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?

Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”

If you remember Gideon had the exact same response after he encounter the angel of the Lord.. am I not the least?

I am a nobody…

After this encounter

• Samuel takes Saul to his home and Honors Saul with a Feast… and then the following morning He is anointed as king of Israel.

Saul gives him 3 further signs

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On the return journey home he would also find to men who would tell him that the donkeys were found and that his father was now concerned about Saul’s safety..

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He would meet three pilgrims that would give him two loaves of bread.

3.

He would pass a garrison of Philistines and then he will come upon some prophets… who will be playing instruments … then spirit of God would come upon Saul and he would prophecy with them.

God wanted Saul to know that without doubt he was Called… We need to remember that it is not man who calls us but God who calls…

So on the day of the Coronation when Israel went through the process of casting lots… and choosing a leader… it would be a mere confirmation what God had already done.God had done everything to prepare Saul for his Coronation.. but Saul still had to receive the Call..…

1 Samuel 10:20–22 ESV

20 Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot.

But when they sought him, he could not be found.

22 So they inquired again of the Lord, “Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

So here is Israel Gathered… they had gone through the process of casting lots… It was one of the ways the priests would determine God’s will at the time.. all the names in the hat… the tribe of Benjamin is chosen.. out of all the people in the tribe Saul’s name comes up…

Saul already knew the outcome.

but he was nowhere to be found… — Can you imagine if after the election you can’t find the president… because he is nowhere to be found…

Love the fact that they enquire in prayer and God tells Israel Saul is in the luggage...

Luggage Represents all Stuff that was keeping him back… study..... … He felt Unworthy.... he was bnot good enough…didn't measure up...

Shame has a profound influence on Saul… and it is going to impact his ability to lead Israel and his family..

If we don’t get to the root of this the root will sprout up into a shoot and the shoot will soon turn into a forest...

The truth is that all of us have Baggage..

Each of us has a choice whether we controlled by our emotions… whether we are driven by shame, guilt or fear… or we let go

T/s … The Second scene we see the manifestation of Shame…

Scene Two -“ Throwing your Toys”

How many of us can relate to this picture?

(kid having a tantrum)

All of us parents have had that moment when we have had our children loose… it… they didn’t get what they want and so the throw a tantrum…It dosen’t matter when you are it just happens… normally in the middle of the store....

And its over the craziest things… these are real tantrums..