Ability with Stability

UV 3624/10000 Ability with Stability The servant said to him, “Look here, in this city is a man of God, and the man is held in high honour; everything that he says comes true. Now let us go there perhaps he can advice us about the journey and tell us where we should go.” I Samuel 9 v 6 Saul, the son of Kish, a man of considerable wealth and influence who belonged to the tribe of Benjamin was in search of something mundane like his father’s donkeys. Sometimes, we too lose something, it is possible the Lord is leading us to some higher ground. When they were frustrated about not finding the donkeys that had strayed away, the servant of Saul advices him to meet the prophet and man of God, Samuel. Likewise, when we are reaching a dead end in any of our pursuits, we should seek out the man of God who can pray and counsel us. Samuel had already received an intimation the day before of a young man of the tribe of Benjamin who would be anointed king of Israel. The people of Israel wanted a king like all other neighbouring lands. They did not heed the warnings of the Lord given through Samuel that any human king would exploit them, mislead, abuse power and privilege. But as the people insisted and wanted to go beyond the perfect will of God, the Lord allowed His permissive will to operate. The spirit of the Lord rested on Saul who was head and shoulders above his peers in his personality and ability. The lesson we learn from the example of the kings of Israel recorded in the scriptures is that for good leadership, we need to have mental ability coupled with emotional stability. We will have ability and stability only if we rely on the leading of the Spirit of the Lord and depend on His word to lead and guide us in all our ways. Power will then neither tempt us nor corrupt us. Some of us are to play the role of Samuel to be king makers or those who anoint leaders for our nations in different realms. The Lord will anoint us as seers or prophets to the nations and what we say will come true. As a result, people will honour and respect us, knowing the Lord is with us and favours us with His wisdom and grace. They will come to us for something as mundane as the loss of something valuable in their lives, to find out how and where they should continue their journey of life.