A Nation that has REJECTED THE LORD!!

1 SAMUEL 8: 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

1 SAMUEL 8: 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

1 Samuel 8: 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

1 Samuel 8: 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

1 SAMUEL 8: 9   Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Pretty amazing actually, Samuel, One of the MOST devoted servants of GOD, has two sons that do not walk in the ways of Samuel.  So much for the judgment we put on the fathers and mothers, based on the behavior of their grown children. Interesting indeed but not the story I am looking to share today.

I really just desire to be brief this morning.

Israel made a COVENANT with the LORD, and consistently went about breaking that covenant, worshiping other God’s, make vows with other nations, participating in other practices of other nations, foods, whoring and sacrificing their children etc etc.

The FATHER sought to reach them and restore them many times, sending HIS PROPHETS, bringing upon them plagues, wars, famine etc.

Israel many times refused to repent.

AT the time of 1 SAMUEL, Israel began to call out for a KING, they were NO LONGER satisfied with being RULED and REIGNED by the FATHER.

Have we not done the SAME in this NATION?

1 SAMUEL 8: 7  for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Many chose the BENEFITS, and freedoms of ABOMINATIONS over the RULE and REIGN of a HOLY GOD.

Many cried out for an UNRIGHTEOUS RULER, one that would not ACKNOWLEDGE our GOD, OUR LORD JESUS, HIS precepts or HIS principles. They found them too binding, suffocating them, stripping of freedoms they actually believe they were due.

Seeking a ruler that will "GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT, at ALL COST".

You see it all the time name, many raging of the BENEFITS, entitlements etc.

Has anyone not recognized what this "KING" over us is doing..

SELLING the BLESSING and HEDGING of the LORD,  through ENTICEMENTS and BENEFITS. 

COME and get it people HERE IT IS!!!  I offer you good blessings and good things, while others seek to STRIP you of your rights and entitlements.

And SO MANY are RUSHING In to "TAKE and RECEIVE, without one SINGLE thought to the ABOMINATIONS that are RISING in of the NATION.  

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR of the LORD in him or in this NATION.

ARE we so NATIVE?? Do we really think this is out of HIS KIND and LOVING HEART?

HERE is a THOUGHT:

What might be his agenda to IN-DEBT this COUNTRY to the POINT of NO RETURN?

SURELY he is intelligent enough to see that it is happening.   

I hesitate to image what life is going to be like for this NATION in the very near future.  Will it be by Plague, wars, famine?

GOD only knows IN HIS GREAT WISDOM what it is going to take to bring MANY to their KNEES before HIM.

FOR there is one thing very CLEAR in my mind, without GOD’S HEDGE of protection over us and HIS BLESSING, there is many opportunities for EVIL to be brought upon this land.

I pray today that MANY will see their GREAT NEED  to be RESTORED to HIS GRACE and MERCY and will call out to HIM as the ONE WHO HEALS and SAVES.

JEREMIAH 17: 14  Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise

As individuals, some of us may suffer for the decisions made by this COUNTRY, they REJECTED the LORD, and HE gave them what they wanted.

YET, I am convinced and persuaded that we can endure this THROUGH HIS PRESENCES. HE is faithful to those that LOVE HIM, with a true heart of praise and worship.

They may take our goods and our life, but OUR soul will forever belong to the LORD.