GIVE US A KING

The Israelites of old demanded for a king to rule over them not as God’s people but as the heathen nations did. Samuel was highly disturbed by their ungodly approach to this leadership pursuit. But God told him; 

…"Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.” (1Samuel 8:7)

People’s rebellion is always detected in their rejection of God as King over them. What even worsens this kind of behavior is the blatant agitation to imitate the world’s approach to leadership.  

This is the today’s church predicament; failing to obey the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ about His institution of God’s Kingdom on earth which had dragged us into a filthy collaboration with the heathen. That is why we have become subservient to all forms of dictatorships and oppressive arrangements.

The consequence of this kind of rebellion does not wait till eternal judgment; take a look at the case of the Israelites in 1Samuel 8:10-22. They insisted to have their way for the demand for a king; and the bad side of God showed up when they would be regretting their foolishness but it was be too late.

(v18) “And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day.”

Oh Lord, deliver us from the rebellion of seeking all other things, a terribly misplaced priority, and expect to enjoy the heavenly kingdom inheritance.