1 Samuel 8 The people ask for a king. What was sad about this request is revealed in verse 7: And the Lord told Samuel, “ listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. You can hear and feel the rejection of God in His word, His heart is truly broken over it. We rejected God for a man, “but I get it, man we can see, but God we can’t.” It takes unwavering and steadfast faith in which much of us is lacking to acknowledge His presence in our lives. People rather have someone they can see versus an unseen God. It is so much easier to connect with what you can see. The one thing we don’t take into consideration is man is flawed. The imperfections of man through sin causes so much turmoil to one self as well as others.

Verse 9: “warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.” And as Samuel prophesied all the things the people would endure having an earthly king which to me was very serious to contemplate, especially the part of being his slave after what they experienced in Egypt. But the people refused to listen it didn’t detour them, like spoiled children having a tantrum, just wanting what they want without thought of the consequences. But what struck me is the Lord give them what they asked with humility. He’s God! If He was a man, right away He would of answered them with boast and pride of who He is, “I am God, and how dear you? Worship me, I am your king, all you need.” But God with all humility gave the people what they wanted, but warned them of the consequences. From since then when man was given a king as they requested of God, suffered under his rule for choosing man naively over God. It was not God’s intention for us, but what we want.

After what happened in the garden of Eden with the serpent causing Eve to sin by being disobedient to God, I couldn’t help but ponder at the kind of God we have, He still give us the right to choose, instead of a dictatorship. Our obedience to God is for own welfare, there’s dire consequences for not being obedient as we’ve learned through Adam and Eve. God does everything for our well being. He doesn’t need our worship and praises, He has the angel in heaven doing that already. Our worship, prayer and praises is our way of connecting and communicating with God. And God loves having a relationship with man, so pray, get angry, cry throw a fit…whatever He’s got you, like a parent who no matter how difficult a child may be never give up on them and stand with them through it all with love.

Jesus had come into our world to lay the foundation of God’s kingdom to humanity. And no kingdom in our world today that belongs to God is going to stand lest its foundation is according to the Father’s Will given to man by the son. The return of the son to the Lord’s kingdom here on earth is not an institution he’s coming to built by the hands of man, but predicated upon how its constructed within humanity hearts, mind, body and spirit. How well learnt and discipline are we to the word of God and humanity history of past wrong doings. It’s all about God and the movement of Jesus life death and resurrection, its infectiousness upon us all in the world. Jesus is not coming because the world is in trouble, he already did. He’s coming for the fulfilment of his reign for all those who are blind in faith and can’t see it is he that’s truly the king of us all.

God has called some people to stand as his light in view of others for His Will and purpose in the world. People may think you’ve got it all and your life is so easy. But if only they knew the truth our light is to shine to glorify God in us not ourselves. We are not to be prideful or indulge in the accolades of others, but have an humble, loving, compassionate, merciful, forgiving nature like our heavenly Father. Some of us are blind and unaware of this wisdom, knowledge and understanding or the eyes to see that it’s all about God. Instead we worship the man, idolizing the person as they are a God. Putting weights upon them they cannot carry, making our expectations of them so high that when they disappoint us we move to hating on them in such an evil way, forgetting they like ourselves are only human.

God’s kingdom is to rule the entire earth, to reign taking over the world kingdoms. For this reason the kingdoms of this world must fall to give rise to the true kingdom. The spreading of truth has fully taken over the world regardless of the enemy wanted to pollute the truth with deceptions, lies, manipulating and confusing even to those who are chosen by God to lead all people. All people are God’s people (children).