PROCLAMATION
“And The Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard
those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.” 1 Samuel 11:6 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These words were written under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the prophet Samuel. After the
people of Israel had selected Saul to be their king, they all returned to their
homes and Saul returned to his home. (1 Samuel 10:25-26) Not long afterwards Nahash the Ammonite came
and sieged the city of Jabesh Gilead. The
men of Jabesh asked Nahash to make a treaty with them and said that they would
serve him. Nahash replied that he would
make a treaty with them only if every man would gouge out his right eye so as
to bring disgrace to all of Israel. (1 Samuel 11:1-2) They requested seven days to think about it
and sent messengers throughout Israel for help.
Saul was at home working in his fields.
When he heard this he was angered and The Spirit of The Lord came powerfully
upon him. (1 Samuel 11:3-6) The fear of
The Lord fell upon the people and they came together to follow Saul and Samuel
into battle. The next night Saul led the
Israelites into the camp of the Ammonites and they slaughtered them. (1 Samuel
11:7-11) Afterwards Samuel led the
people of Israel to Gilgal and they officially made Saul their king and they
had a big celebration. (1 Samuel 11:12-15)
APPLICATION
There are times when we just go about our normal daily
activities in an unmotivated manner nonchalantly doing things with no real
urgency about anything. Then there are
times when something comes upon us and we get a real zeal for what we are
doing. All too often we go about our service
to The Lord and our praise and worship without much zest and gusto. We need to come alive and get on fire for The
Lord. It is past time for casual
business as usual, it is time to get seriously busy. We should pray that The Spirit of The Lord
will light a fire within us so that we can get active. God does not want any lukewarm Christians.
(Revelation 3:16)
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