WE ARE CALLED TO A HIGHER CALL

Has God ever given you something that you protested you just had to have, only to find out that in the end your request was birthed in your flesh and ended up costing you more than you ever believed that it would? Well, in the Bible God gives us a very important lesson on being careful, to always ask for things from God that are according to His will, not simply because we want it. It was never God’s intention that that the Jews have a king. His plan was, that they would follow Him under the direction of His prophets and according to His very words and that by doing so, He would provide for them and care for them. In I Samuel beginning in chapter 8 it is very clear how God intended Israel to govern themselves, but His people clamored and demanded that they be allowed to have a king like the surrounding nations. So they took to the streets and protested, murmured and grumbled to the point that God finally relented and gave them what they wanted. Not only did He give them a king, He gave them the coolest, strongest and most handsome man in all Israel. When the people saw their new king, they fell down in adoration for this awesome specimen of what they perceived to be a great leader and king. They just knew that anyone so mighty and good looking had to be the most favored and likable king in all the earth.

Unfortunately, it did not turn out the way the people had envisioned. No matter how good Saul looked on the outside, it did nothing to change the reality of who he was on the inside. Despite his good and favorable beginning and being the epitome of a “man’s man”, Saul was inwardly a weak coward who was incapable of doing the will of God and caved in to the demands of those around him at the expense of being faithful to God’s calling. Saul, when confronted by the prophet Samuel, simply did not and would not accept responsibility for disobeying the Word of the Lord that Samuel had given him. In 1 Samuel 15 it is painfully obvious that Saul had only “Saul’s interests” in mind and those interest were birthed in his flesh and cost him his kingdom, his family, his personal relationship with others and ultimately his life. His life is truly a lesson that is worth learning from.

Recently the people in this country spoke their minds about what they wanted, they were sick and tired of having to care for themselves and demanded a government who would provide for them financially, physically and even spiritually. The will of the people manifested in these past elections resulted clearly, one of more government control and less of one’s personal liberty and freedoms. The relentless and crushing blows on morality and rights of liberty which the American people have undergone over these past years, have brought down many a strong folks. The results and general feeling of despair has been glooming over us all. It now appears to many people that this country has what many of them have wanted. In time, like the children of Israel had learned, I believe that these same Americans will be stunned to see that there is no savior, no man apart from Jesus, that can save them from their mistakes, their personal needs and despairs.

Whatever transpires in this country, it must be clearly understood that the voting populist or broken system as it currently is, have gotten what they wanted, and maybe even more. Just as in due time God’s people recognized Saul to be the fraud that he turned out to be, so in due time Americans will wake up to see that for the believer, there is only one hope and that hope is in Jesus Christ. For no King, President, Senator, State or local Representative can spare one man’s pain without hurting another and by the time that people see the error or their ways, it will be too late and the changes demanded previously, will have been permanently enacted and set as law. And, when this happens, the people will want another leader or “savior” to save them from the one that they previously had elected and put their trust in. For the child of God is called to a higher call and that is simply to carry out the dictates of the scriptures. Ours role as Christians is to change our government by our prayers, our voice and good citizenship, and by spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ who is able to change the hearts of those that will believe in Him. Let the people of God pray for the patience and endurance that we must have as God’s elect. Look to God to bring change in your life friends, not the government.

 

Hold Fast,

-Bren