TOPIC: THIS IS THE TIME
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READINGS: 1 Samuel 13:8-14
[8]Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away.
[9]So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.
[10]Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him,
[11]but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?”Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
[12]So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven’t even asked for the lord’s help!’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
[13]“How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
[14]But now your kingdom must end, for the lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the lord’s command.”
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The army has gathered but instead of strategizing on launching an attack on the enemy, out of desperation Saul was offering unlawful sacrifice. He attracted the judgement of God. Soon after a young adventurous man who could not stand the lazy approach of the army decided to take a bold step.
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As Christians, we have become so inward looking. Meanwhile, the society is in trouble and the souls in the society are perishing outside. Where is the Jonathan who has the sword and full of the spirit who would go out there in the society and save the society and the lost? God is counting on us to take a personal initiative towards evangelism and helping society because we have what it takes. The command in the great commission is to go and not to warm the benches in the church or be interested in performing things that are unlawful in the house of God.
This is the word of God and I hope we learn alot from it.
