1 Samuel 9:1-10:9
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· 788 viewsSometimes we are looking for one thing and find another… What are you looking for?
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Looking for one thing and finding another… we have all been there...
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7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! 8 You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”
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Samuel - Looking for One Thing & Finding Another - 1 Sam 9:1-10:9
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Samuel - Eli - Ark - Phillistines - King = Saul
What We Look For - Samuel’s election
Benjamin - Kish - genealogy = important / [valor, man of power, of standing, influential]
2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
They wanted a king like all the other nations and that is exactly what God would bring them…
3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”
Kish Sends Saul After Donkeys
donkeys = animal of the king
looked everywhere and cannot find them - not a great shepherd !!
forget the donkeys lets go back / Joseph - taken by wild animals [dads gonna worry]
Spiritual Servant
man of God - held in honor - all he says = help ?
Saul - gift for the man ?/ Servant - quarter shekel silver / Saul - great >
How is it that Saul did not know about Samuel…?
All the use they would make of the man of God was to be advised by him whether they should return home, or, if there were any hopes of finding the asses, which way they must go next—a poor business to employ a prophet about!
Most people would rather be told their fortune than told their duty, how to be rich than how to be saved. If it were the business of the men of God to direct for the recovery of lost asses, they would be consulted much more than they are now that it is their business to direct for the recovery of lost souls; so preposterous is the care of most men!
I Want You To See God’s Sovereignty Here!!
Travel To City - [Ramah?]
young women - water/well - [historically precursor to marriage]
good timing / God Timing …
12 They answered, “He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place. 13 As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately.”
LOL - you heard of Jeff Fox-worthy - Here’s your sign !!
they go up & run into Samuel
15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel:
16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me.”
17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”
Saul and Samuel
Samuel - your average guy… House of seer?
Samuel = I’m him and…
come with me and eat now
stay the night and we’ll talk tomorrow
don’t worry about the donkeys [3 days]
good things to you and your household
Saul = I’m a nobody from nowhere why are you talking to me like this?
Feast & Future
Saul - head of table [30]
Samuel - bring out good portion = Leg = kept for priests
Saul - sleeps on Sam’s roof = nice cool spot / common
Daybreak - come down and lets talk before you go… / send servant away
Chapter 10
1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
Samuel’s / Saul’s Signs
Two men by Rachel’s tomb talking about donkeys
Three men by Oak of Tabor, Bethel - goats, bread, wine = two loafs of bread
Group of prophets and you too will prophesy
9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.
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What is the point of this story?
How does this apply to me today?
A Son to Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel The Announced One, 9:1–10:16
This is not a story about a man who loses something valuable and is unable to find it. This is a story about a man who uncovers buried treasure while searching for a penny.
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Saul was not seeking after God and yet God chose him.
If you do not belong to Christ today know that He is pursuing you
If you do know Jesus today know that it is not because you went looking for Him but rather He for you
1 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.
Saul was not seeking after God and yet God chose him.
Therefore how much more should we be encouraged to seek God for we WILL find Him
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Therefore never give up sharing and praying for those that are lost
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