1 Samuel 15-16 got me as I was in the waiting room in the hospital. A very good friend of mine had to have something surgically removed. The character of David has always been close and dear to my heart! I spent the first summer of Zechariah's and my relationship in a Beth Moore bible study learning about him. God's goodness to David never ceases to comfort my weary heart!
In 1 Samuel 15 God rejects Saul as King over Israel. Saul took matters info his own hands and decided to sacrafice the Amalekites livestock. On untrained eyes Saul seems to have obeyed God and even maybe honored him. He was thinking of making a sacrafice as was the Israelite custom to honor God. To seasoned Samuel though it was quite a different story. God told Saul to destroy the Amalekites completely meaning everything! God must have known something we didn't because it's hard for me to gulp that down such a loving Father would order the entire destruction of a people, wicked people. His plan all along was to adopt the Israelites as His own! He had to use extreme measures because they were in such extreme measures.
A few times I caught a word that helped me to see Saul's fatal mistake. Look with me at 1 Samuel 15. Saul uses the word your. As in your God not mine! How sad that the first King of Israel would feel and treat such a loving Father that way. His own dad didn't see much of him as he was hiding behind garbage shortly after becoming king. It was a lot of responsibiltiy! It just doesn't make sense to me that Saul thought he could take on the terrain himself without God's blessing and guidance. Then I remember something, that was me two years ago!
I wanted to get the mothering part of my journey so badly right that I put alot of pressure on myself to get everything right. It all crumbled though when I didn't involve God in the journey. It was a journey I never needed to embark on. But sometimes I'm as stubborn as an ox and lessons have to be learned painfully. So here we are the first king of Israel rejects God as his King! How tragic!! To grieve God's heart is something I never want to do. Then I remember He sent Jesus because I already have we all have!
Then we come to my favorite part in the story! Samuel annoints David as King! Before that though some important and painful things to note. Jesse David's dad brought all 7 sons to Samuel for annionting and Samuel did not choose any of them because their hearts were not in the right place! Then David is mentioned sadly you can hear the dissapointment in his father's voice concerning David to Samuel. He's just out with the sheep essentially you don't want him sometimes I don't either! Ouch much? I'm not sure of a more painful feeling than being disowned by your own family. Regardless of how Jesse felt about David God saw his worth and a future man after his own heart and had him annointed King! Do you catch God's goodness? When our family or friends find no worth in us God takes us in as His own because that is what we are, His children!
So how do I feel God's goodness waiting in the hospital to hear the prognosis of my dear friend? Or when I have a teething baby and screaming toddler? Or a hubby who sometimes doesn't understand? I remember that no matter what He adopted me for His plans! I'm here to do His work not the other way around! When we are rejected we become accepted, when we are forgotten we are remembered, when we have no one to talk to God prompts us to read His love letter to us, His word! I don't know about you but that just brings tears to my eyes!! God loves us so much that he would be willing to look foolish, crazy, misunderstood, misquoted, dishonored all to bring me and you home! Let that resonate in your hearts today as it will in mine!
Love you with all my heart!
Tina Martina Putney
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