Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.” 1 Samuel 28:15 – We have a very unique chapter here where Saul consults a medium to bring Samuel up from the dead to speak with him. While there are many opinions on this chapter, mine is that God allowed the real Samuel to actually return and meet with Saul to proclaim His word one final time to the rebellious king. Yet we see in the above verse why Saul went to this extreme, it was because God wasn’t answering him. Why did the Lord not speak to Saul when he sought the Lord? Think of it this way, if I were to tell you that I wanted you to go to bed 20 times, but all 20 times you rejected me. Yet after all that you asked me, “where do you want me to go,” and I don’t reply, is my silence any surprise? I’ve already made the answer clear; you just didn’t listen. God had made the future clear to Saul, yet Saul rejected it over and over. So when Saul sought the Lord for direction, the Lord was silent. Maybe for us we are seeking an answer from the Lord, and the reason we aren’t getting any word now is because the Lord has already made it clear what we should do and we haven’t listened yet. If you are in that place, begin doing the things you know for sure God is calling you to do…love others, forgive, share the gospel, etc. If we aren’t faithful with the things He has already told us to do, likely we’ll experience silence to our requests. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2905
Question To Ponder: What is something the Lord clearly tells all believers to do that many believers don’t take as seriously as they should?
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