Waiting is not everyone’s strong suit. İncil boyunca, we read about people, who had a hard time waiting on God and the fulfillment of His words and promises. Despite God’s words and promises, many people didn’t have the patience to wait. One of them was Saul. Saul could have kept his kingship if he knew the art of waiting on God. But because of his impatience and fear for people, Saul became disobedient to God and His words and lost his kingship.
Obedience to the words of God
Ve sen (Saul) shalt go down before me (samuel) to Gilgal; ve, seyretmek, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do (1 samuel 10:8)
İncil'de, içinde 1 samuel 10:1-8, we read about Saul and how Samuel anointed Saul to become king of Israel. Samuel spoke the words of God and prophesied to Saul about the things to come.
Samuel gave Saul a detailed prophecy and commandments he had to keep. Tek bir şey vardı, that Saul had to do. That one thing was, staying obedient to the words of Samuel.
Every detail of the prophecy came to pass until Saul decided to go his way and became disobedient to the words of God.
Saul didn’t know the art of waiting on God
Saul became disobedient to the word of God because Saul couldn’t wait. He didn’t know the art of waiting on God, but he succumbed under the pressure of the people. Instead of waiting and trusting the Lord and staying faithful to His commandment, Saul looked at the people and was influenced by them.
Let’s have a look at the first book of Samuel chapter 13.
Saul iki yıldan fazla bir süre İsrail'de kral olarak hüküm sürmüştü. Rab Saul'la birlikteydi, tıpkı Samuel'in ona söylediği gibi.
Jonathan çarpmak, birlikte 1000 erkekler, Filistliler Geba'da.
Aynı zamanda, Filistliler bu haberi duyunca, Saul tüm ülkede borazan çaldı ve tüm İsrail halkının bu harika haberi duymasını istedi.
Fakat, Filistliler kendilerini savaşa ve İsrail'e karşı savaşmaya hazırladılar ve Mikmaş'ta toplandılar..
İsrail halkı Saul'un peşinden Gilgal'a gitmek üzere bir araya çağrıldı. Ancak İsrail boğazda olduklarını fark edince, kendilerini mağaralara sakladılar, çalılıklar, kayalar, yüksek yerlerde, ve çukurlar.
İsrail halkının bir kısmı Ürdün'den geçti, Gad ve Gilead ülkesine. Saul Gilgal'daydı, ve insanlar titreyerek onu takip etti.
Saul Bekledi 7 Gün
He (Saul yedi gün kaldı, Samuel'in belirlediği zamana göre: ama Samuel Gilgal'a gelmedi; ve insanlar ondan dağıldılar. Ve Saul dedi ki, Bana yakılan bir sunu getir, ve esenlik sunularını Ve yakmalık sunuları sundu.
Ve öyle oldu, Saul yakmalık sunu sunmayı bitirir bitirmez, seyretmek, Samuel geldi; ve Saul onu karşılamaya çıktı, kendisini selamlayabilmesi için.
Samuel dedi, Ne yaptın? Ve Saul dedi ki, Çünkü insanların benden dağıldığını gördüm., ve belirlenen günlerde gelmedin, ve Filistliler Mikmaş'ta bir araya geldiler; Bu yüzden dedim ki, Filistliler şimdi Gilgal'da üzerime saldıracak, ve Rabbime dua etmedim: bu yüzden kendimi zorladım, ve yakılan bir sunu sundum. Ve Samuel Saul'a dedi, Aptalca yaptın: Tanrı'nın Rab'bin emrini korumadın, sana emretti: Şimdilik Rab Krallığını İsrail'e sonsuza dek kurar mıydı.
Ama şimdi krallığın devam etmeyecek: Rab ona kendi yüreğine göre bir adam aradı, Ve Rab ona halkı üzerinde kaptan olmasını emretti, Çünkü Rab'bin sana emrettiği şeyi saklamadın. (1 samuel 13:8-14 (KJV)
Saul couldn’t wait
Saul couldn’t wait. Despite the many prophecies being fulfilled. Saul should have known, that God was with him. He should have put his trust in Him, instead of looking at the circumstances and being afraid that people would leave him.
Saul should have kept and obeyed the Rabbin emri He should have waited for Samuel instead of taking matters into his own hands.
If Saul had waited for another two or three hours, then everything would be fine.
But Saul couldn’t wait. Saul was not able to withstand the pressure of the situation and got nervous.
Saul’s fear of man was greater than his fear of God. Saul did not trust God completely.
Because if Saul trusted God, he would have waited for Samuel. He would have known, that God always fulfills His promises and never lie.
If Saul knew God, he wouldn’t have been afraid, because he would know, that God was his Protector, no matter what situation he was facing.
Ama hayır, Saul was intimidated by the people and by the situation. He saw the people scattered from him and panicked. Instead of standing on the word of God and waiting for Samuel, the situation got hold of him and took control of him. Sonuç olarak, Saul did something he shouldn’t have done: he disobeyed God and took over Samuel’s task.
The art of waiting on God
Belki düşünüyorsun, But Saul meant it all well. He wanted to make supplication to the Lord, that’s good, değil mi? Cevap hayır, it isn’t good. This is just a cover-up of his disobedience to God and to justify his disobedience to God.
Saul should have waited for Samuel, he should have rested in the knowledge and believed the word of the Lord that Samuel would come. God’s Word never lies.
But Saul couldn’t wait, because he was intimidated and ruled by his emotions; korku. Sonuç olarak, he became disobedient to God.
Because of the fact that Saul didn’t obey the Word of God and couldn’t wait on God and therefore rebellion was in his heart, Saul’s kingdom was taken away from him.
Saul’s kingdom wouldn’t be given to his son. But God gave the kingdom to a man, whom He had chosen; David, a man after God’s heart
What can you learn from the story of Saul?
What can you learn from the story Saul? The lesson learned is, Öncelikle, that you stay obedient to the words of the Lord. ikinci olarak, that you be patient and know the art of waiting on God and therefore wait. No matter how long it takes, what you are facing, what situation you are in, or what people might say or do to you. Just wait…
Sometimes you may feel intimidated by people or the situation, and you are forced to say something or do something, that you afterward regret. Maybe you even say or do something that is against the Word of God.
But don’t let anyone or anything intimidate you, but rely fully on the Lord. Stay faithful to God’s words, emirler, Ve onun iradesi. Bu şu anlama gelse bile, that you have to wait a little bit longer.
Hatırlamak, there is nothing wrong with waiting. Never make a decision in times of turmoil, ama bekle. And in the meantime, you hold on to His promises.
Would you like to read more about the subject of waiting? Below is a list of blog posts about waiting:
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