People Rejecting God as Their Leader.. 1Sam8

The people wanted to be like the neighboring nations. This is exactly what God didnt want. Having a kingwould make it easy to forget that God was their real leader. It was not wrong for Israel to want a king; God had mentioned the possibility in Deuteronomy 17. Yet , in reality, the people were rejecting God as their leader. The Israelites wanted laws. An army, and a human monarch in the place of God. They wanted to run the nation through human strength, even though only God's strength could make them flourish in the hostile land of Canaan.

The people clamored for a king, thinking that a new system of goverment would bring about a change in the nation. But because their basic problem was disobedience to God, their other problems would only continue under the new administration. What they needed was a unified faith, not only a uniform rule.

Had the Israelites submitted to God's leadership, they would have thrived beyond their expectations. Our obedience is weak if we ask God to lead our family or personal life but continue to live by the world's standarts and value. Faith in God must touch all the pRactical areas of life