God knows everything about what is going to be. I believe this, and many of you believe this too.
Let us begin with that bit of reference.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
And look at the way Saul affected those who were closest to him. Saul's relationship with his wife was significant to the extent that she was barely mentioned. Saul's son became best friends with a young man whom seemed okay with King Saul until others showed admiration for him also. And that same young man was adored by Saul's younger daughter ...to whom Saul promised her hand in marriage if the young man achieved a task which the king felt impossible to achieve, hoping the young man would instead die in the process. But after the young man did survive and marry the king's daughter, King Saul treated him like an enemy, and the young man's wife and her brother had to both help him flee for his life. So why did God choose Saul? I Samuel, Chapter 9:1-2, shows why God chose Saul. God gave them the kind of king that they were looking for ...to perhaps show them how much of a mistake it was to desire a king.
The next king was the kind of person that God would have us be ...but God's focus was on the person, not the kingship; because we have to remember that God's people wanted a king ...and that was not what God wanted. God wants us to be the person He directs us to be. God's full plan would be fulfilled later, with the King of Kings, Jesus.
God wants us to be us. Yes, we are flawed in many ways, but we can let God work on us ...and in us. The good thing about flawed people is that there's always room for improvement. It all hinges upon the fact that we admit that we aren't flawless ...and at the same time realizing that Jesus came to earth to live the life that none of us could, while providing the very hope that we all need.
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