1 Chronicles 13:3 KJV
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
What a difference a person can find between King David and King Saul. When David was finally installed as the king of all Israel his first thoughts were to bring the ark of God back to where it belonged. And David makes it obvious that this had not ever occurred to Saul.
While I know it was not the only thing on Saul's mind, it does appear that Saul was nearly consumed with David. Early on David won the hearts of the people and Saul, who had already offended the Lord and realized his kingdom was short-lived as far as God was concerned, fixated on David, the man who would one day take replace him on the throne.
Saul was satisfied with the immediate.
He had sacrifices, why wait for Samuel?
He had Samuel, why did he need to have the ark?
When Samuel was gone,
He had the witch, why seek the Lord?
We have one purpose today; that is to know the Lord.
We do not need better leaders
We do not need to listen better to those leaders
We do not need a different kind of leader
We just need the Lord.
We need to pursue Him
We need to draw close to Him
We need to enquire of Him
We need to follow Him when He directs
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
What a difference a person can find between King David and King Saul. When David was finally installed as the king of all Israel his first thoughts were to bring the ark of God back to where it belonged. And David makes it obvious that this had not ever occurred to Saul.
While I know it was not the only thing on Saul's mind, it does appear that Saul was nearly consumed with David. Early on David won the hearts of the people and Saul, who had already offended the Lord and realized his kingdom was short-lived as far as God was concerned, fixated on David, the man who would one day take replace him on the throne.
Saul was satisfied with the immediate.
He had sacrifices, why wait for Samuel?
He had Samuel, why did he need to have the ark?
When Samuel was gone,
He had the witch, why seek the Lord?
We have one purpose today; that is to know the Lord.
We do not need better leaders
We do not need to listen better to those leaders
We do not need a different kind of leader
We just need the Lord.
We need to pursue Him
We need to draw close to Him
We need to enquire of Him
We need to follow Him when He directs
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