Good Morning Friends,
“When Saul saw the Philistine army, terror
filled his heart. He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by
dreams or Urim or prophets. Saul said to his attendants, ‘Find me a woman who
is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.’ ‘There is one in Endor,’ they
said. So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and
two men went to the woman. ‘Consult a spirit for me,’ he said, ‘and bring up
for me the one I name.’" (1 Samuel 28:5-8)
Sometimes God doesn’t answer when you want Him
to. The Philistine army came to do battle against Israel. When Saul came out to
face them, he saw the size and power of the Philistine army and was afraid. Saul
turned to the Lord in his fear. He inquired of the Lord about how he should
respond to the Philistines. Should he negotiate a peace, flee in fear, or stand
and fight? God did not answer Saul.
Would Saul wait patiently for direction to come
from the Lord? Would he make his own decision without the Lord? Would he seek
direction from another source?
Rather than wait for the Lord and trust Him,
Saul sought direction from a medium. Saul asked her to bring Samuel back from
the dead to ask for direction.
Most of us would never turn to a medium or have
anyone try to consult with the dead for us. But when the Lord is silent, are
there other places you turn for direction?
Saul should have sought why the Lord was silent
and dealt with whatever was revealed. The Lord was silent because of Saul’s sin
and rebellion against him. The silence might have been lifted if Saul had
repented. Saul was unwilling to consider that the problem might have been his. He
determined it was the Lord’s problem that kept Him silent and he turned to
others for direction.
When God seems silent in your life:
(1) Consider if there is anything in your life
that hinders the Lord from providing the direction you seek.
(2) Wait patiently for the Lord to provide
direction.
(3) Refuse to seek direction from any other
source that would be displeasing to the Lord.
His, by Grace, Steve
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