Deuteronomy 17

In verses 14 and a 15 we have great example of God knowing all that will come, foreknowledge. There is nothing that will occur that He has not already seen! How can you not trust Him?

These verses speak to what takes place eventually in 1 Samuel 8, where Israel asks for a king. I believe this chapter in 1 Samuel is deeply, deeply instructive to leaders. Never forget that what prompted the people to want to be like the rest of the nations around them was the miserable failure of Samuel's sons. This is a great example of why Moses was judged so harshly when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it. Leaders are judged by a much higher standard because the implications of their actions are so far reaching. Sin begets sin.

Pastor Fred