The people ran and got Saul and brought him into the middle of the crowd. He was more than a head taller than anyone else. "Look closely at the man the LORD has chosen!" Samuel told the crowd. "There is no one like him!" The crowd shouted, "Long live the king!" Samuel explained the rights and duties of a king and wrote them all in a book. He put the book in a temple building at one of the places where the LORD was worshiped. Then Samuel sent everyone home.
Samuel revealed Saul by anointing him with oil which symbolized the setting apart of a person for divine service. Sometime later Samuel gathered the leaders of Israel together at Mizpah which is in Benjamin's territory as Saul was a Benjamite and reminded them of their foolish insistence of having a king apart from the directive will of God. However, the eyes of the LORD will disqualify Saul because the prophetic word of Jacob says that the scepter of kingship would not depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10). The promised dynasty of kings will eventually produce a Messiah from the clan of Judah who will be King Christ Jesus!
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, be the king over my life. When you came to your people, they received you not. But on the third day after your crucifixion, you became king over all of us by raising yourself from the dead, putting to death sin and the power of the Evil One. Therefore rule rightly over my life because you are merciful and just. Amen.
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