The Importance of Making God Your Ultimate Priority

When the people of Israel rejected God as their king and desired a human ruler, they prioritized worldly standards over divine leadership. The story emphasizes the significance of putting God first, acknowledging Him as the ultimate authority. By focusing on serving God rather than making Him a servant to our desires, we align ourselves with His will and establish a deeper connection with our faith.

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2. If God is not your king, you make Him a servant

3. So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have. But when they said, Give us a king to lead us, this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 1 S a mu e l 8 : 1 2 2 ( N I V )

4. And the Lord told him: Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 1 S a mu e l 8 : 1 2 2 ( N I V )

5. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights. Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 1 S a mu e l 8 : 1 2 2 ( N I V )

6. 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. 1 S a mu e l 8 : 1 2 2 ( N I V )

7. When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. The Lord answered, Listen to them and give them a king. Then Samuel said to the Israelites, Everyone go back to your own town. 1 S a mu e l 8 : 1 2 2 ( N I V )

8. God is not A priority. God is THE priority.

9. You must not have any other god but me. E x o d u s 2 0 : 3 ( N LT )

10. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. L u k e 1 4 : 3 3 ( N I V )

11. If Jesus is not king, He becomes a servant

12. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. P h i l i p p i a n s 2 : 9 1 1 ( N I V )

13. If God is not your king, you make Him a servant It is easy to forget where you came from

14. There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else. 1 S a mu e l 9 : 1 2 ( N I V )

15. As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line? Saul answered, But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me? 1 S a mu e l 9 : 1 2 ( N I V )

16. Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. So they inquired further of the Lord, Has the man come here yet? And the Lord said, Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies. They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others. 1 S a mu e l 1 0 : 2 1 2 3 ( N I V )

17. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Jo s h u a 1 : 8 ( N I V )

18. We must with humility remember that our successes ultimately come from God

19. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 C o r i n t h i a n s 1 0 : 1 2 ( N K J V )

20. Be careful! The way you start is not necessarily the way you will finish.

21. If God is not your king, you make Him a servant It is easy to forget where you came from Partial obedience is not obedience

22. I thought, Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord s favor. So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering. You have done a foolish thing, Samuel said. You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 1 S a mu e l 1 3 : 1 2 1 3 ( N I V )

23. If Satan cant get you to do bad in the flesh, he will try to get you to do good in the flesh.

24. Partial obedience is not obedience. God cares way more about you obeying Him than about what you do for Him.

25. And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead. Why haven t you obeyed the Lord? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord s sight? 1 S a mu e l 1 5 : 1 8 2 3 ( N LT )

26. But I did obey the Lord, Saul insisted. I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else. Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal. 1 S a mu e l 1 5 : 1 8 2 3 ( N LT )

27. But Samuel replied, What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 1 S a mu e l 1 5 : 1 8 2 3 ( N LT )

28. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king. 1 S a mu e l 1 5 : 1 8 2 3 ( N LT )

29. If God is not your king, you make Him a servant It is easy to forget where you came from Partial obedience is not obedience Jealousy is a cancer that destroys our lives

30. Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. So Saul made him a commander over the men of war, an appointment that was welcomed by the people and Saul s officers alike. 1 S a mu e l 1 8 : 5 1 6 ( N LT )

31. When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals. This was their song: Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands! 1 S a mu e l 1 8 : 5 1 6 ( N LT )

32. This made Saul very angry. Whats this? he said. They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they ll be making him their king! So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David. 1 S a mu e l 1 8 : 5 1 6 ( N LT )

33. The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand, and he suddenly hurled it at David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice. Saul was then afraid of David, for the Lord was with David and had turned away from Saul. 1 S a mu e l 1 8 : 5 1 6 ( N LT )

34. Attitudes lead to actions

35. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. H eb rew s 1 2 : 1 5 ( N I V )

36. If God is not your king, you make Him a servant It is easy to forget where you came from Partial obedience is not obedience Jealousy is a cancer that destroys our lives