Please read the whole chapter and feel free to post a reply even before you read my thoughts. If you don't have a Bible with you, you can follow this link to the passage: 1 Samuel 9
I reread this chapter over and over again and still seemed like a regular, mundane story. Normally I am looking for some extraordinary act or turn of phrase that communicates a deep theological truth. Ok so there is the whole thing about Saul being chosen as king. And he does make an interesting statement about being from the least of the tribes. But I guess what is the most remarkable to me is how Saul comes to Samuel in the first place. He's simply been sent on errand to fetch the lost donkeys. Imagine running to the store for milk and being told you've just been elected president. Saul is in the midst of such mundane activity, and yet God is using it for His purposes. Perhaps I should take greater stock in my mundane tasks.
Although he had been called by God and had a mission in life, Saul (a.k.a. Michael Coin) struggled constantly with jealousy, insecurity, arrogance, impulsiveness, and deceit. He did not decide to be wholeheartedly committed to God. Because Saul would not let God's love give rest to his heart, he never became God's man. oouch!
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