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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Samuel 10:1-12
Samuel faithfully carries out the act which, however, puts an end to his services as judge. He pours the oil on Saul’s head to anoint him king. Then he shows him his way, just as the young man had hoped he would (1 Samuel 9:6). There is no problem now of the asses for they have been found. But Saul must now go through various stages which will prepare him for occupying the throne. He is to go first to Rachel’s sepulchre: death, the end of the natural man with all his advantages, is the first great lesson for every young Christian. But the tomb of Rachel was also the birthplace of Benjamin, the tribe to which Saul belonged. Benjamin, the son of his father’s right hand, is a type of Christ in whom the redeemed person can rejoice when he reckons the old man dead.
The second meeting at Bethel (the house of God) speaks to us of worship in which the young believer is invited to take part with the two or three witnesses. Finally in the company of the prophets, there is a witness to bear by the power of the Holy Spirit before his enemies.
Saul seems to have passed through these lessons without actually learning them, as the continuation of his story is to show us. This is proof that it is possible to be "among the prophets", to have part in all the blessings of God’s children, without being truly one of them.
