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Our family Bible time this morning was from 1 Samuel ch 8 v19-22. The Israelites are demanding Samuel find them a King so that they could be like all the other nations. They no longer wanted the Real King to rule over them and protect them, they wanted a man. How foolish they sound when they say;
"No! We want a King to rule over us. Then we can be the same as all the other nations. Our King will judge us. He will go with us and fight our battles."
They are so blinded by the need to fit in and compromise, they want to reject God for a very inadequate human king. They had totally lost sight of the fact that they were not supposed to be like the other nations; God was their king. The other nations were supposed to see that the Israelites were different so that the other nations could recognise that God was the real King.
How important it is to apply this to our lives, especially in the world we now live in. It's not enough to tell people we are different; more importantly we have to show it. What is the point of shouting it from the roof tops that we are Christians if we do not conduct ourselves in a Godly manner, if our children are disrespectful, naughty, selfish and unkind? We are called to be different so that others can see Jesus in us.
In a world where manners, respect, gentleness, kindness, fear of God and morals have been thrown out of the window, we as a homeschooling community have a wonderful opportunity to show how different we are and that we serve the Real King!
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