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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