Today Our Daily Bread 1 Sam 10

Samuel 10: 1 - 27
1 Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul's head. He kissed Saul on the cheek and said, "I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the leader of his people Israel. F31
2 When you leave me today, you will see two men beside Rachel's tomb at Zelzah, on the border of Benjamin. They will tell you that the donkeys have been found and that your father is worried about you and is asking, 'Have you seen my son?' 3 "When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a skin of wine. 4 They will greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which you are to accept. 5 "When you arrive at Gibeah of God, F32 where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the altar on the hill. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying. 6 At that time the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you with power, and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person. 7 After these signs take place, do whatever you think is best, for God will be with you. 8 Then go down to Gilgal ahead of me and wait for me there seven days. I will join you there to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. When I arrive, I will give you further instructions."
9 As Saul turned and started to leave, God changed his heart, and all Samuel's signs were fulfilled that day. 10 When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw the prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy. 11 When his friends heard about it, they exclaimed, "What? Is Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?" 12 But one of the neighbors responded, "It doesn't matter who his father is; anyone can become a prophet." F33 So that is the origin of the saying "Is Saul a prophet?" 13 When Saul had finished prophesying, he climbed the hill to the altar. 14 "Where in the world have you been?" Saul's uncle asked him."We went to look for the donkeys," Saul replied, "but we couldn't find them. So we went to the prophet Samuel to ask him where they were." 15 "Oh? And what did he say?" his uncle asked. 16 "He said the donkeys had been found," Saul replied. But Saul didn't tell his uncle that Samuel had anointed him to be king.
17 Later Samuel called all the people of Israel to meet before the LORD at Mizpah. 18 And he gave them this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: "I brought you from Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all of the nations that were oppressing you. 19 But though I have done so much for you, you have rejected me and said, 'We want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans." 20 So Samuel called the tribal leaders together before the LORD, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. F34 21 Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the LORD, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared! 22 So they asked the LORD, "Where is he?" And the LORD replied, "He is hiding among the baggage." 23 So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else. 24 Then Samuel said to all the people, "This is the man the LORD has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is his equal!" And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!" 25 Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent the people home again. 26 When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a band of men whose hearts God had touched became his constant companions. 27 But there were some wicked men who complained, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them. F35
FOOTNOTES:F31: Greek version reads Israel. And you will rule over the LORD's people and save them from their enemies around them. This will be the sign to you that the LORD has appointed you to be leader over his inheritance. F32: Hebrew Gibeath-elohim. F33: Hebrew responded, "Who is their father?" F34: Hebrew chosen by lot; also in 10:21. F35: Dead Sea Scroll 4QSam®MDSU¯a®MDNM¯ continues: Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the Gadites and Reubenites who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn't allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn't a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh-gilead.
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Lena's Comments~
This appointment was known for Saul by God before he was born, but he realized it, it was revelation to him today, and God was going to confirm his newfound revelation. In order to see the "oroofs" Saul had to leave his mentor Samuel and "go", he had to leave the place he was currently in and go somewhere else led by God’s appointing. Had to decide to go where God was telling him to go (using the man Samuel to help tell him).
This could be far out there, but I see the goats as opportunities to chose righteously for the call or against the call, with the natural tendency being one that would rebel and but against the call and a man telling me what God is saying for my life. Then, I see the bread as the opportunity of God’s word to change a person from being a mere hu-man into a man on assignment, called and obedient to God. The wine is the enablement of God to walk the call out, leaving the old ways of thinking behind and pressing forward, not alone, but by His spirit in us. About the bread, he says they will offer it to you – it’s your choice to take it, but you need to take it! This will enable you to be at the next step I lead you to. Worship will keep you there, in the place of choosing righteously. The prophecies are God’s words confirmed through others and along the way they will help show you whether you are on track or not.
In your walk of being in the word, in worship and with other believers, you will find you’ll need a boost of the empowerment of the abundance of God’s Spirit overflowing out of you, for the tasks at hand that maybe you do not yet see. It is one thing to be filled up with the Spirit of God being renewed in your spirit, and yet another to be in the overflow of His Spirit. This is where now not only are you blessed, but you have the God-given ability to be as Samuel was, a mentor, as the prophets were, encouragers, and as the "bakers" were feeders. Once we decide to go on, by practicing on purpose this part of our walk, we can hear more of what God desires for us to do. He’ll begin to show us more, when we walk it out and obey the firsts He’s asked of us.
WHEN Saul TURNed and STARTed to leave…….God Changed His heart. We’re always thinking we need to change our own hearts. No God will change our hearts if we will follow Him, if we will be willing to and act upon Go-ing towards fulfilling the obediences He has for us to fulfill. Like 2 Cor 5:18-21
This is why you were brought OUT from where you were at, in Egypt, God’s picture for us of ungodliness, of the world It takes men to help rule us, because we as a people refuse to allow Christ to rule us. God wants to be our ruler, and if we obeyed Him, He’d then be our ruler, when we don’t we displace His throne and give it to others. We give that place to other kings, namely us. I bet It breaks God’s heart when we do not want Him as king, but He gives us our whole lives to decide as he continually prods and leads us towards His rule by our own choice. Wouldn’t you be more sure that your child really loved you if they choose to, rather than you forcing them to? That’s the heart of our father God.
When we choose other kings, God is gracious enough to try to use those kings to rule us for a time. He is so gracious to us. He wants to win us over to His, love and has "bent over backwards" to do so. He’ll take our whole lifetime to show us our purposes, if it takes that.