Day5
Week12
1Samuel 8
“So Samuel said all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking from him a king. And he said, “This will be the judgment concerning the king who will reign over you: Your sons he will take in order to place them for himself in his chariots and as his horsemen, and they will run before his chariot, and in order to assign for himself captains of thousands and captains of fifties, and to plow his ground, and to gather in his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and the equipment of his chariots. And your daughters he will take for perfumers, and cooks, and bakers. And your choicest fields, and vineyards, and olive groves he will take and give them to his servants. And of your seed fields and your vineyards he will take a tenth of their harvest and will give it to his high officials and to his servants. And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and asses he will take and make do his work. Your flocks he will take a tenth of, but you will be his for slaves. And you will cry out in that day because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.””
1 Samuel 8:10-18 MEV
Cross references
1 Kings 21:7;
Ezekiel 46:18; Isaiah 1:15; Micah 3:4
I Want What I Want
Have you ever wanted something so badly and you were warned that it would not be good for you, but you wanted it so you did it anyway?
Remember when your Mm said, “Don’t eat all your candy at once, you will get a tummy ache
Did you listen or eat it anyway because it was so yummy in the moment?
Maybe you made that impulse purchase with your credit card because it looked so shiny, useful, pretty, fashionable, popular etc.
Maybe you married someone who everyone warned you about because you couldn’t see past your current situation and just wanted to be loved.
We want what we want!
Action Step
Ask Holy Spirit to reveal to you those wants in your life that are not good for you and to remove the desire for them.
Ask Him to replace that desire with a longing for more of Him
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