Friend on Saul
A friend who attends Sydney DW BSF classes wrote this, which I enjoyed:
This reminded me of what we read about Saul. He was chosen because he was comely and tall and would appeal to the people. He also was humble, open, prepared to listen to both his servant and Samuel. Set out to find a few donkeys and ended up a king. But power corrupted him. He took the credit for Jonathon's victory and began to care more about his own reputation than what God thought of him.
So sad that the place this humble man was given led to pride and his downfall, and lack of repentance.
I do believe that power corrupts and this can happen within our system as in any other. I so appreciate the older humble ones who still act like servants and not like kings. Jesus gave the perfect example as the servant king, the greatest wisest man on earth at the time, who washed the feet of his disciples.
Today I want to pray for those amongst us that are given power or place that they could remain humble like Jesus and not become proud like Saul.
# posted by geoff @ 12:02 pm
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