When Samuel anointed Saul king in I Samuel 10, he also gave him very specific signs as confirmation from God—right down to how many loaves of bread and young goats men would be carrying and the specific instruments the prophets would have along. God made it abundantly clear to Saul that it was He who had chosen him as king. He gave Saul solid evidence of His hand.
But Saul, as he was, wasn't ready to be king. God took care of that detail, too.
The the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man. ~I Samuel 10:6
That phrase jumped off the page to me—and be changed into another man. God equipped Saul to assume a king's responsibilities just God enabled those chosen to judge Israel before Saul's reign.
God doesn't choose those who are qualified
...He qualifies those He chooses.
...He qualifies those He chooses.
Even after God confirmed His anointing, Saul slips back into his everyday life. When Samuel calls the people together to choose a king, and Saul is chosen, the man is hiding in with the luggage. We do the same thing! God chooses us for a task, and we say 'I can't!' and then run and hide, forgetting, or refusing to believe, that God will enable us to do what He has called us to.
When it was time for Saul to step up, it says “God's Spirit fell on Saul” and he was able to rally the people and lead them as a king. God enabled him to do what he had been called to do. God does the same for us.
He will enable you to do what He called you to do!
Rest in that knowledge
and get to work.
Rest in that knowledge
and get to work.
will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
~Philippians 1:6
Praise God! Yes! He does equip us to move forward in the things that He has called us to do.
ReplyDeleteI love, Patty's challenge, "Rest in that knowledge and get to work." Amen and Amen!
Thanks, Peej! He equips who He calls.
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I would comment on how much I love this, but I'm getting to work!
ReplyDeleteLoL Lisa. Yes, I need to get to work too.
ReplyDeleteI accept that challenge...equip me, Lord! I don't want to be a worm anymore...give me wings!!!
ReplyDeletelvyou, Patty :)
Oh I love that, Mid. Wings! =]
ReplyDeleteGod doesn't choose those who are qualified
ReplyDelete...He qualifies those He chooses.
Love this line! I have experienced this sooooo many times!
Soooo fabulous, Peejers. It's ALL Him.
ReplyDeletethis has been on my heart, too :) there's a (I thought) clever story about this in last week's challenge, LOL.
ReplyDeleteIt's also important to recognize ourselves when we've been changed- can't go around thinking we're still caterpillars, we won't ever get airborn that way :)
I think the key is to be in a position for the following to happen.... “God's Spirit fell on Saul” Probably, most often that position is one of yeildedness ("on our knees" literally or figuratively is probably the best place to be!
ReplyDeleteWow, Lynn, you really hit it:
ReplyDelete"It's also important to recognize ourselves when we've been changed- can't go around thinking we're still caterpillars, we won't ever get airborn that way :)"
That is sooo true!! How often do I sit here thinking "I can't! I'm just a caterpillar!" forgetting... choosing not to see the wings God has equipped me with. hmmmm. That might have happened this afternoon even.
Thanks, Lynn. :)
So funny - no pictures when I left for work and voila- I get home to read and leave a comment and wow! awesome pictures to go with a totally awesome post:) too funny.
ReplyDeleteAnyway - God does equip us for what He wants us to do. Thanks for that reminder, Peejers.
ROFL Laury. I'm a mess!
ReplyDeleteTHIS is what happens when I don't finish something when I start it. I just can't work like Jo... 10 min. here and 10 min there.
Yes, pictures. Finally. *eye roll*
I needed this reminder today. Majorly.
Luv you guys.
Yes! And Amen, sis! 1 Thess. 5:24
ReplyDeleteChecking in a little late, but had to thank you for speaking to my mountian (I think I read that on a blog recently ;) So many doubts, but the desire to write just won't go away. Thank you, Patty. You write straight from your heart to ours. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteWe sometimes limit God to using our natural talents, but it wasn't Gideon's natural talent that made him a leader of men and took him from hiding in a field to defeated an army of thousands with three hundred men, trumpets and some torches. Nor was it natural talent that gifted Peter so that an uneducated coward of the fisherman could get up and preach a sermon where three thousand were saved. It wasn't natural talent that gave 120 believers the ability to speak languages they had never learned so that foreigners could hear the gospel. God does equip us for the job He calls us to do, and the power of God is greater than natural talent will ever be. We should never put limits on what He can, or can't, do in our lives.
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder.
I "stumbled" on you, but I really needed this today. Thank you!!! The first thing that came to mind was "my book" that I should have had done and have to start all over due to a computer crash... I need to get to work..... Thanks again! God Bless you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Patty!
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