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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
What a great place to look at character! We get to pick up right where we left
off. Yesterday we saw God’s continual
provision over the Hebrew people, over Samuel, and over Saul. Here in this chapter we continue to see God’s
provision. God uses Samuel to prepare
Saul for both prophetic utterings as well as to be king. God’s provision is amazing to watch!
But how does Saul respond?
Saul prophecies when the glory of the Lord comes upon Him. Who doesn’t like to be a part of those
once-in-a-lifetime spiritual moments?
Who doesn’t like to be a part of those spontaneously cool spiritual
moments?
But then Saul returns home. He says nothing about becoming king to
his closest family. He doesn’t share
what God is doing in his life. In fact,
even when the tribes come together and the new king is selected – we find Saul
hiding among the luggage! Saul wants to
be a part of the spiritual moments without taking ownership of what God is
really asking him to do.
This speaks deeply to his character. Saul doesn’t have the character to follow God
with all of his heart. Saul’s character
wants the flair without embracing the hard work of day-to-day responsibility in
a walk with God. Saul shows us from the
very beginning that his character is flawed.
Granted, who are we to judge, right?
What a great day to examine character. Do we fare any better than Saul? Should we not strive for God’s character
while acknowledging the failings of our own character? Let’s prepare today to follow God diligently and
develop character as it should be developed.
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