May 15, 2020
What is the motivation behind the choices you make? Pastor Darrius brings us today’s daily devotional looking at King Saul’s life.
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hello Antioch found me on Facebook
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friends Dargis here one of the pastors
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at Antioch Community Church northeast Minneapolis
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I have a question for all of us today what
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is the motivation behind the choices
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that we make is it the fear of God or
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the fear of man I had to ask myself that
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question this week as I did not follow
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through with a choice I felt like God
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wanted me to in the book of Samuel we
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find the story of a person named Saul
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now Saul story is a unique story because
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he was actually placed as the first
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human king of the people of Israel now
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that is unique because the people of
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Israel knew no other King but the Most
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High King God but looking at the people
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around them they wanted to have a
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physical King like the other nations and
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in the words of a wise dungeon master
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that I know of that he says two
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characters who make foolish choices do
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you may not be the wisest choice but do
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you so God appoints all in this position
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as the first human king of Israel now
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something unique about this position was
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it came with a lot of blessings from God
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but it also came with a lot of
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responsibilities to God and Saul had the
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habit of not fully trusting in God’s
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plan or disobeying a disobeying a
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command from God what God would tell him
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to completely destroy his enemy don’t
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hold on to anything whether it be riches
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or cattle just trust me to provide that
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stuff to you completely destroy
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everything Saul would never completely
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destroy things
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he would never fully trust in God’s plan
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and that had times to backfire on him
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and and the most of the times that it
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backfired well he would be confronted by
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the prophet of God Samuel and Samuel
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would just keep telling like do like you
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need to obey God finally he was given
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another opportunity and he disobeyed God
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again and Samuel came to
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saying hey saw like what’s going on dude
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and he says a whole bunch of excuses but
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he realizes that he’s running out of
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excuses and he finally acknowledges his
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sin before God and he says the real
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motivation behind what I did was I
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feared the people and what they were
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what they would have thought if I
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completely destroyed everything like
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Saul we have been given a precious
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position as the children of the Most
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High God yet how many times have we
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disobeyed God like Saul we disobeyed a
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direct order from our King when God has
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told us to don’t hold on to things
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completely give these things over to me
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whether it be fear addiction of any kind
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control or even disbelief in God’s plan
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yet he continually give us opportunities
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he’s even giving us the blueprint to be
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obedient to him which is the Word of God
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His Word reveals to us the path of
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disobedience and the path of obedience
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it reveals to us the results of choosing
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life or death and it reveals to us the
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results of fearing God and fearing man
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proverbs 9 and 10 tells us the fear of
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the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and
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the knowledge of the Holy One is in
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sight so the fear or reverence of God
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enables us to make wise choices Saul
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chose to fear others and in doing so he
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made the unwise choice to disobey God I
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encourage you to not make the same
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mistakes instead believe what God has
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said of you and the promises he has made
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to you in his word and choose obedience
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god bless