by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 11:4 (NKJV)“So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.” Like in a game of chess, we are called to respond after Satan has made his move. But how do we, or should...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 11, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 11:2 (NKJV)“And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, ‘On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that I may put out all your right eyes, and bring reproach on all Israel.’” We are peacemakers and children of peace, but we don’t pursue peace at the cost...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 10:26-27 (NKJV)“And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched. But some rebels said, ‘How can this man save us?’ So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.” One of the evidence of...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 6, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 10:25 (NKJV)“Then Samuel explained to the people the behavior of royalty, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.” We are royalty. In Christ Jesus, we are a royal nation – purchased...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 10:16 (NKJV)“So Saul said to his uncle, ‘He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.’ But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said.” Why did Saul choose not to share everything with his uncle? We may never know, but it...
