No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations!
Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:19,20
If there were ever two verses that were discouraging, it is these two. They say, “Nevertheless the
people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, ‘No, but we will have a king over us, that
we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our
battles.’” Even after the people were warned, they still refused to obey the voice of Samuel who was
speaking for the Lord. They said, “No, we want to be like all the other nations that our king may judge
us and go out before us and fight our battles.” So God gave them a king – He gave them Saul. When
government confiscates half of what we make, ’Saul’ is alive and well. There are places today where
governments are introducing homosexuality to children in the youngest grades. Changes in
curriculums have made this a reality. What kind of creative miracle would you pray over the
politicians who enacted that law? For those having trouble envisioning what to pray, read Romans
1:32. It is pregnant with what is appropriate for personal prayer.