Today's Passage: 1 Samuel 11-12
Sometimes you just have be really happy that God does not treat people like we treat each other. We always desire to love people for who they are, but honestly we just fall short sometimes. In this section of 1 Samuel, the Israelites find themselves in a world a sin and guilt. As Samuel is leaving his position due to age, he does not chastise the people, but he encourages them. He challenges the Israelites to follow God, and he explains that God does not forsake His people.
It would make sense that due to the Israelites sin of turning away from God that God would then turn His back on them. Fortunately for mankind, this is not how God operates. 12:22 says that God will not cast away His people and He gets great pleasure from His people. Even though the Israelites were messed up, God still wanted them.
We all mess up and do wrong in our lives. However, when that happens we should not turn away from God, but rather turn towards Him. At one of the worst moments for the Israelites, the goal for them was to serve God with all of their heart (12:20). The overwelming answer for our problems is always turning towards God. This was the encouragement from Samuel to his people and is still absolutely relevant today.
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