"When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, 'Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.'"
Some of us began to ponder about what is life about? Is there more to life than this? We began to question God about our life and whether God is a true God, but we were too afraid to keep looking for the truth, or to wait for it. So that we either turn to other gods or other spirits that do not come from God of Adam and Eve or stop seeking and disbelieve in any spiritual things. Even some of us may face some scary things in seeking for the truth that we began to avoided the search and stopped.
Saul was scared too, so he began to inquired for a medium, a woman who is in contact with the spirits of the dead with the ability to bring them to the living. So she inquired for Samuel, but Saul realized that instead of accepting the silence and keep seeking the true God, he went into something worse, which increased his fear:
"Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night."
Even though after some encouraging words, he finally ate and went into a battle where he later died. He might be able to die a bit more peacefully if he'd allowed God to keep His silence rather than going to a medium. Sometimes God is all-knowing God who will not say anything for a while because He knew what answer we need at the right time. But because Saul went to a medium to call Samuel in a forbiding way, he was hurted even more! Sometimes it is better for us to wait on God and accept the purpose-silence.
Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
Sometimes, it is when we descend into the death of self-will and ambition that we hear God speak to us. There is so much confusion among believers today because they haven't died to self-will in order to hear God's true voice. Tell our self-will and ambition, "be still!" and wait on God to increase His voice in our lives.
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