CHOSEN BY THE LORD GOD

PROCLAMATION

“And Samuel said to all the people, ‘See ye him whom The Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?  And all the people shouted, and said, ‘God save the king.’ ”  1 Samuel 10:24 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the prophet Samuel.  The people of Israel wanted a king to lead and rule them and The Lord God told Samuel to give them a king. (1 Samuel 8:21-22)  The Lord God told Samuel that He would send the man to him.  When Samuel saw Saul, The Lord God spoke to him and said, “This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern My people.” (1 Samuel 9:17)  The Lord saw something in Saul that he did not see in himself. (1 Samuel 9:20)  Only when The Spirit of God came upon him did he begin to act like an anointed man of God. (1 Samuel 10:6 and 10:10)  Saul’s uncle came to him and asked him where he had been, and Saul told him everything except what Samuel had told him about the kingship. (1 Samuel 10:14-16)  Then Samuel called all the people of Israel together and told them what thus saith The Lord.  He called for each of the tribes to come forward and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.  Then he called them forward clan by clan and Matri’s clan was chosen, and from them Saul the son of Kish was selected. (1 Samuel 10:17-21)  When they called for Saul, he could not be found.  The Lord told them that Saul had hidden himself among the supplies.  They ran and got Saul and Samuel presented him to the people as the one whom The Lord God had chosen to be king. (1 Samuel 10:21-24)

 

APPLICATION

When The Lord God has a position for us, it will not be necessary for us to seek it out.  Others will see the leadership qualities in us, which we may not see in ourselves. (1 Samuel 10:23)  The Lord will make a way for us to get where He wants us to be at the appropriate time.  Promotion comes by the hand and the will of God, and only He can make it happen for us. (Psalm 75:6-7)  Whatever The Lord God has in store for us will be ours.  We just need to make sure that we don’t block our own blessings by willful disobedience to The Word of God.  We are both called and chosen by The Lord God and each of us has work to do, specific assignments from God, and He will be with us until we have completed that work and He has called us home from labor to reward.