Humanity has a common, identifiable, and repeatable cycle: come to God, get comfortable, take God for granted, stray away from God, suffer, cry out to God, repeat. What is it that drives this pattern? The fact that God is not tangible? Air isn’t tangible but we seem to use it daily. Three minutes without it, and you’ll know you desperately need it. When we want something, not need it, and we ask God, He just might give it to us just to show us what stage in this cycle we are in. It will eventually lead to the suffering section, and thus back to Him. If only we could stay in the close to Him section, we would save ourselves a lot of frustration and pain. Selfishness will always be a thorn in our side, but it doesn’t have to lead to straying. Making God the priority in your life is the first step in breaking the cycle. Keeping Him there is the second. Knowing Who butters your bread helps you maintain a consistent accountability that helps prevent the straying. It’s up to us to pursue God, the results are up to Him. You will not regret living a life where God is the priority. And more importantly, it’s not what you think the world portrays it to be.
1 As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. 2 Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba. 3 But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.4 Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. 5 “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”6 Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance. 7 “Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don’t want Me to be their king any longer. 8 Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned Me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment. 9 Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:1-9
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19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. 20 “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”21 So Samuel repeated to the Lord what the people had said, 22 and the Lord replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
1 Samuel 8:19-22
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