"And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons."
1 Samuel 16:1
This is part of the story of the anointing of David, future king of Israel. I find it interesting that Samuel wishes things were different, and the Lord sort of tells him to get over it, and move on with his work. God calls it mourning, and I think that is something that happens to all of us, actually. We mourn for lost choices, and get stuck in wanting things to be different. We hold on too hard, wanting things to change, and forgetting that we need to move forward, which often means letting those lost choices go.
It isn't easy... Samuel loved Saul, and had a lot invested there, and really, taking a different path was going to directly endanger his life since Saul was powerful and would see God's will in this case as a betrayal. ... But it was still God's will, and Samuel trusted God and moved forward.
Later, when Saul saw the impressive Eliab, he thought that this must be the one that the Lord has in mind... but God said no, and seven sons later, God still hadn't chosen anyone, and they had to go find David who was out taking care of the sheep. :)
It's really the same lesson. God knows what he is doing, and whether we are hung up wanting things to be different, or we are inclined to choose what is before us and worried that we will lose something by waiting for God's other options, we need to remember patience, take a step back, and wait for God's will rather than jumping too quickly.
Today, let's listen to God, who can see farther and deeper into the heart than we can... and remember that sometimes we have to let things go, move on, and be patient. It isn't easy, but when God asks us to let go, we can trust that it is the best choice.
1 Samuel 16:1
This is part of the story of the anointing of David, future king of Israel. I find it interesting that Samuel wishes things were different, and the Lord sort of tells him to get over it, and move on with his work. God calls it mourning, and I think that is something that happens to all of us, actually. We mourn for lost choices, and get stuck in wanting things to be different. We hold on too hard, wanting things to change, and forgetting that we need to move forward, which often means letting those lost choices go.
It isn't easy... Samuel loved Saul, and had a lot invested there, and really, taking a different path was going to directly endanger his life since Saul was powerful and would see God's will in this case as a betrayal. ... But it was still God's will, and Samuel trusted God and moved forward.
Later, when Saul saw the impressive Eliab, he thought that this must be the one that the Lord has in mind... but God said no, and seven sons later, God still hadn't chosen anyone, and they had to go find David who was out taking care of the sheep. :)
It's really the same lesson. God knows what he is doing, and whether we are hung up wanting things to be different, or we are inclined to choose what is before us and worried that we will lose something by waiting for God's other options, we need to remember patience, take a step back, and wait for God's will rather than jumping too quickly.
Today, let's listen to God, who can see farther and deeper into the heart than we can... and remember that sometimes we have to let things go, move on, and be patient. It isn't easy, but when God asks us to let go, we can trust that it is the best choice.
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