撒母耳记上［第10章］
Book of 1 Samuel 10
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撒母耳记上［第10章］|Book of 1st Samuel 10【趁时而作，活出拣选】
19/07/2023
引言：要趁时而作，不要视而不见
趁时而作的原文是指作你手所找到的、手遇见什么，就可以做什么，意思是做该做的。
一、恩膏扫罗：神的兴起与指引 （V1-16）
1. 接受恩膏，领受预言 （V1-8）
当扫罗被恩膏，要进入被拣选的命定时，神不断给他预言和印证。因为神顾念扫罗所担忧的，祂提供扫罗需用的一切。
2. 圣灵感动，得着新心 （V9-13）
当扫罗被神的灵感动，神就赐他一个新心，成为了一个全新的人。他的生命也不再一样，甚至受感说话，宛如升级般的生命。
3. 谦卑顺服，等待时机 （V14-16）
扫罗并没有高调宣扬他受膏的事情，而是选择低调等待神的时机。
小结：
扫罗经历恩膏、圣灵充满、全新生命，被拣选成为新一代的领袖，这是他很好的起步。但很可惜他并没有趁时为神而作，扫罗在作王的初期与先前判若两人。他权力增长时却骄傲起来。后来，他不肯寻求神，神的灵就离开了他，他的能力也烟消云散了。
二、掣签扫罗为新一代的领袖：神的慈爱 （V17-27）
1. 神给人最后的选择 （V17-19）
神在这里仍然让撒母耳提醒以色列民，神曾经如何拯救他们，仍然让百姓选择是否真的要立王来治理他们。
2. 人仍看不见神的爱 （V20-22）
以色列民仍然看不见神是以色列的大君王，而是宁愿立一位从未看见过的人作王，甚至还问神，那人在哪里？
他们没有看见，被神拣选的扫罗也没有看见，反而藏起来。他可以站出来和撒母耳一样劝说他们不要厌弃神而另立新王。但是，他却藏身在军火库，没有趁时而作，没有按照兆头向前行，反而拥抱兵器，拥抱权力。他喜爱王权，不爱听神的话，这就是人性！
3. 人单顾己眼所见的 （V23-24）
他们只看见扫罗比众民高过一头，就大声欢呼说：“愿王万岁！”比人更高的神却没有人看见。
4. 神成就人做的选择 （V25）
神怜悯的爱，最后还是让他们如愿以偿。
5. 领袖面对的百种人 （V26-27）
当领袖被兴起后，有人被跟从，也有人被藐视。扫罗所面对的正是神所感受的，有人跟从神，更是有人藐视神的。很可惜扫罗并没有体会到。
总结：
即便或许只有撒母耳看见神的心意，神仍然怜悯，让以色列人如愿以偿。
这件事情也不断提醒我们，身为蒙拣选的领袖，我们要作我们在我们岗位上能做的，时刻把人带到神的面前，为神趁时而作。
1 Samuel 10 : Living the life of election while do as the occasion demands
GK611 Morning Devotion
19/7/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Co-worker Asher Chang
Introduction: Do as the occasion demands, don't turn a blind eye to it.
The original meaning of the phrase "do while you have time" is to do what your hand finds, what your hand encounters, meaning to do what needs to be done.
1. Anointing Saul: God's Rise and Guidance (V1-16)
(1) Receive the anointing and prophecy (V1-8)
When Saul was anointed to enter into the chosen destiny, God continued to give him prophecies and testimonies. Because God was mindful of Saul's concerns, He provided all that Saul needed.
(2) The Holy Spirit moved him to a new heart (V9-13)
When Saul was touched by the Spirit of God, God gave him a new heart and made him a brand new person. His life was no longer the same, and he was even moved to speak as if his life had been elevated.
(3) Humble and obedient, waiting for the right time (V14-16)
Saul did not proclaim his anointing in a high profile, but chose to keep a low profile and wait for God’s timing.
Summary:
Saul experienced an anointing, a filling of the Holy Spirit, a new life, and was chosen to be the leader of a new generation, which was a good start for him. But unfortunately he did not work for God according to His time Saul was a different man in the early days of his reign. He grew in power but grew in pride. Later, when he refused to seek God, the Spirit of God left him and he lost his power.
2. Signing Saul as the Leader of a New Generation: God's Love (V17-27)
(1) God gives the people a final choice (V17-19)
God still had Samuel remind the people of Israel of how God had saved them, and still let the people choose whether or not to set up a king to rule over them.
(2) People still cannot see God’s love (V20-22)
The people of Israel still could not see that God was the great King of Israel, but preferred to make a man king who they had never seen before, and even asked God where that man was.
They did not see it, and neither did Saul, who was chosen by God, but hid himself. He could have stood up and persuaded them, as Samuel did, not to forsake God and make a new king. But he hid himself in the armory, and did not act in the time, nor did he follow the signs, but embraced arms and power. He loved kingship, not the Word of God, which is human nature.
(3) Men care only for what they see with their own eyes (V23-24)
They saw Saul was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward, and cried out with joy, "Long live the king!" No one saw that God who is higher than man.
(4) God fulfills the choices made by man (V25)
God's merciful love, in the end, let them have their way.
(5) Leader Confronts all sorts of people (V26-27)
When leaders are raised up, some are followed and some are despised. Saul was faced with exactly what God felt, there were those who followed God and even more so those who despised Him. Sadly Saul didn't experience it.
Conclusion:
Even though perhaps only Samuel saw God's heart, God still had mercy and let the Israelites have what they wanted.
This event is also a constant reminder to us that as chosen leaders, we are to do what we can do in our positions, always bringing people to God, and working for God while the
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