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God led donkeys
to run away so that Saul would need to travel to where Samuel was! Saul was a tall, handsome farmer still working
with his dad. He would never have dreamed that this trip would result in
his being anointed as king! My
commentary noted that Saul had not shown evidence of being spiritual before,
and he didn’t even know that Samuel,
the man of God leading his nation, lived just 5 miles from him! The Holy Spirit would change Saul’s heart to enable him to serve as king and to
worship God for possibly the first time
in his life!
Samuel gave Saul signs that, on his return home, would serve
to validate God’s call upon his life.
They should also have taught Saul to trust that God was
leading Samuel to choose him. But on a
later trip to Samuel where Saul would be introduced to his new subjects, Saul
was found hiding among the baggage
when it was time to announce his selection to the people! A quotation I read yesterday in the New Testament showed up again today in the Old Testament commentary: “True
humility isn’t thinking meanly about one’s self; it’s simply not thinking of one’s self at all.” My commentary said Saul was likely hiding out
of fear, not modesty, “because true humility accepts God’s will while at the same time depending on God’s strength and wisdom. Had Saul been focusing on the glory of God, he
would have been present in the assembly
and humbly accepting God’s
call. Then he would have urged the people to pray for him and to follow him as he sought to do the Lord’s will.”
Father, as I seek to do Your will, help me to listen to You and to do what You ask. Let me not have to concern myself with
humility or modesty simply because I will know that I am in the center of Your
will, not needing to worry about what humans perceive. That’s Your
job to handle them. Keep the sins of
pride and entitlement at bay, and let no one ascribe motives to my words or
actions that are out of line with what You have me doing.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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