“Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.” (2 Samuel 5:2)
Background
David has brought the tribes of Israel to follow him as King. As we look back to Saul’s incessant need to kill David, we see the difference in Faith.
The Beginning
The failure in Israel was to replace God with a King. They were, replacing God with what they saw in the world around them. God was displeased with this idea, and he told them so. Even after telling them the consequence of a King, God allowed them to do as they saw fit. This does not mean God said I agree, far from it, he will let us destroy ourselves. (1 Samuel 8)
For Saul, his son Jonathan had taken the lead in the war on the Philistines. Jonathan through his courage and faith that God will be with him. As Jonathan and his armor bearer set out on a mission to show up in the middle of the Philistine garrison; Jonathan literally plows the Philistines under. He scares them so much, the Philistines start to see an Israeli behind every bush. So much so that the Philistines begin to kill each other, then run for their lives. Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree. He wasn’t thinking. Saul called for the Priest, not to seek God’s commands, but to seek what Saul wanted to do. When the going got tough, Saul just sat around. Saul did not have faith. (1 Samuel 14)
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