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Are you easily distracted? Rather than focusing on the right thing, we turn to other things. Rather than focusing on God, Israel got distracted. Like other nations, they wanted a king. But this was more than a mere distraction. They rejected God. As Samuel crowns king Saul, he urges the nation to return to the Lord. He reminds them that Gods been faithful and urges them to be faithful in return.

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"Well, it's better than a sharp stick in the eye." This old saying isn't actually all that helpful because the trouble we face is still trouble. For Israel's, An enemy threatened to poke out all the right eyes of the men of Jabesh Gilead and bring reproach on Israel. The new king, Saul, hears this and gathers an army to help. But in the story, we see that the help really comes from the Lord.

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Have you ever felt helpless? It feels uncomfortable, but it can lead us to the truth: left to ourselves, we're helpless! Israel realizes their mistake in rejecting God and demanding a king. Even after God reveals their king, they can't find him! At this moment of helplessness, they ask God for help, and He shows faithfulness. When we're helpless, God is faithful even when we don't deserve it.

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Have you ever felt inadequate? Do your tasks seem undoable? This can be frustrating when we have clarity from God's Word that this is what He wants us to do, but we feel incapable of doing it. That has to be how Saul felt as Samuel announced to him that he’d be Israel's next king. Yet in 1 Samuel 9 and 10, we see the example of God's Word and God's Spirit fully equipping Saul for the task ahead.