The prophet Samuel is one of my most favorite men in history, and definitely from the bible. You don’t even have to be familiar with the bible to know that Samuel was a great prophet and that none of his words fell to the ground (1Sam. 3:19). His mother, Hannah has a testimony we hear about often, how she prayed fervently to God for a child and how she vowed to give him back to the Lord so that he would serve God for the res of his life.
No matter who you are or where you live in the world, you can’t help but to notice all the changes in leadership that are taking place right now. Everyone has an opinion on their country’s leaders, or another country’s potential leaders whether we make them known or not. And yet, I wonder has anyone asked God what his thoughts are about the direction that we, his children, are going? In 1Sam.8 the people come to Samuel because they are displeased with their current leadership; truthfully they were terrible judges by the way, so the people had a right to be displeased with them, and asked for a king to rule over them.
Now, if you go back and read the whole chapter you will see that Samuel was very against having a king. He had several good reason but his main reason was because they should already see God as their king and realize that no one could be better at ruling over them than God. God was and should be the only one that we entrust with our hearts and complete confidence to represent us, while leading us at the same time. The funny thing is when Samuel pressed them about why they wanted a king their response was,” because we want to be like all the other nations.”(1Sam.8:19-20)
Wow, that is mind blowing in the fact that it’s the root of so many problems that we have because we want to be like other people! Topic for another day though. The point that I want to make is that we should have one King, one true Leader and only One True God! God told Samuel that the people had not rejected him as a prophet, God!(1Sam.8:7) Folks, I know that seeing all these breaking news stories flying around our head everyday can steal our attention, but lets not allow our hearts to be troubled. We can not get distracted from the real thing, the more permanent issue. We absolutely must not reject God trying to find some person to represent you in Congress or Parliament!
Ladies and Gentlemen let us remember to keep watch over our souls and our prayer lives. I pray we remember to watch, fight, and pray.(Luke 21:36) We must maintain our prayer lives right now and always. Prayer is one of the most powerful gifts/weapons that we Christians posses. It’s our direct line to God. Our relationship with God right now should be paramount. I would say that prayer is not just important for each one of us, it’s important for those of us who are lost or down and out. We must seek God for our peace and direction, but at the same time continue to intercede for those who don’t have the strength or don’t know how to pray for themselves right now.
I have so much more that I would like to write to you all but I will end this post by asking that you all remember to pray for our leaders. God knows that our world will always benefit from the fervent prayers of the righteous. God Bless you all and I PRAY, that each person reading this has a blessed year and many more to come. May God reveal himself to you all in a way that transforms your life and the hearts of the people around you!
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