Illustrations for Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 (2018)
1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) and Psalm 138
So often some don’t want the present ruler God has set over us. The big question is who do we know the Lord has set over us and HOW do we know it? The Lord seems to be saying that we should not want anyone else but God’s appointed to rule over us. Too many of the kings that the people were given to rule over them were a disaster. Even David drafted the people’s children to fight in his army.