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Now the problem was that the Jews had never before had a king. They had the Lord, and they had the prophets and patriarchs. They did not need a king. The Lord did not want them to have a king. When the elders of Israel came to Samuel and said, Now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have, the Lord told Samuel, they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods. The Lord was not pleased at the people's clamoring for a king, and el warned them, through Samuel, what would happen when they got this human king, of their own making. This king would take their sons to be soldiers and their daughters to be cooks. The king and his men would take the fields and the vineyards, and everybody would cry out because of the king they had chosen, and the Lord will not answer you in that day. But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to them and give them a king." (Madeleine L'Engle, The Rock That is Higher, pp. 16-17)
How often have I done this, insisted on what I wanted instead of listening to God? And He allows it because I am stubborn and immature. But there are consequences for my refusal to trust Him, and one of those is that I will cry out because of what I have chosen--and He will allow that too and will not run to rescue me. But Israel was still His chosen nation, and He still loved them and did not abandon them even though they probably thought He did. No, He promised to listen to their prayers and to answer--when they sought Him with their whole hearts. And He will do the same for me!
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