My family and I have been reading through the Older Testatment's main story line (Genesis, first part of Exodus, Numbers, parts of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah).
We are currently in 1 Samuel, where the author seems to be proving that David is the rightful king of Israel and not Saul. Saul = no heart for God. David = heart for God.
Anyways, Saul, unbeknownst to him, is living out the string. In 1 Sam 28, Saul can't get a response from God as to if he would succeed in defeating the Philistines. God is silent: no dreams, the Urim is broken and the prophets have lost their voices, or something like that. And Saul is rattled. I think all of us would hate to experience a God’s silence.
So Saul goes undercover to a woman who is a medium to conjure up poor Samuel. Saul is stunned to find out that tomorrow he and his sons will be dead. End of a dynasty. One-hit wonder. I wonder if Saul wishes that he didn’t know what he just found out?
All this got me wondering. Was God, even in His judgment of Saul, being gracious in His silence? Please don’t draw any comparisons, but are there times when I don’t recognize God’s grace in my life? Oh my….
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