People of Israel, after you capture the land the LORD your God is giving you, and after you settle on it, you will say, "We want a king, just like the nations around us." "Go ahead and appoint a king, but make sure that he iis an Israelite and that he is the one the LORD has chosen. And the king must not have a lot of wives - they might temmpt him to be unfaithful to the LORD. Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold. The official copy of God's laws will be kept by the priests of the Levi tribe. So, as soon as anyone becomes king, he must go to the priests and write out a copy of these laws while they watch."
During the period of the judges, a period of 410 years, there wasn't a king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in their own eyes. When there were disputes, they were settled by judges that God raised up. In the fifth century of they sought a king. Samuel was the judge at that period and felt they were rejecting him, but God assured Samuel that they were rejection God. The period of the kings was a trial for Israel. God desired that not only should the king know the law and revere God, he wanted this king to have a shepherd mentality so that his children would not be a people without a shepherd over them. He wanted a man after his own heart.
Daily Prayeer: Father, whenever I make decisions apart from you, I am in reality rejecting you just as what happened in Israel. Break my independent will and transform it into a dependent one. Dependent on you and the son for my life. Amen.
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