16 January 2016
Part of the “good news” of the Lord is that he'll work with
the decisions we make. Even if we don’t
make the best decisions and get ourselves lost, God will still make the best of
it.
Yesterday, we saw how the Israelites wanted a king. They loved God, but they wanted an earthly
king. And so we hear today that God gave
them a king; he gave them Saul. And he
seems to have been a good choice: “There was no other child of Israel more handsome
than Saul; he stood head and shoulders above the people.” And Saul did many good things for the nation.
Even though God would’ve preferred that his people just let
he himself be their king, he nonetheless gave them a decent king, according to
their wishes. Of course, Saul eventually
failed the people. And every earthly
king that followed him failed in some way.
But it was the best God could do, working with what his people wanted.
The Lord will work with the decisions we make in life. He’ll always be trying to make it turn out
the best for us. And that is good news,
because we’re all sinners. We make good
decisions in life, and we make bad ones.
But, regardless, the Lord has our back.
After all, he is the Good Shepherd who never leaves his
flock. He makes the best of our
wandering ways. He works with the
decisions we make in order to lead us home.
And thanks be to God for that good news.
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