It was one of the most significant turning points in Israel’s history. A day when elders behaved like spoiled children – deciding what they wanted, then fitting the problem to their solution. A day that set their course for hundreds of years. An event that, prompted by fear and ambition, abandoned the character and calling of a nation. And yet, compared to other great events in the family-nation’s remarkable history, this day is seldom remembered.
In a time when influence was wielded by men and women who knew and walked with God, Israel’s leaders wanted more.
They wanted to be like everybody else.
“Give us a king,” they said.
Samuel didn’t like it, and took it personally. “Relax,” God says. “They’re rejecting Me, not you. But now you know how I feel.”
Human nature tends to swing between two extremes:
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