Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 19:23-24 (New Living Translation)

²³ But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth! ²⁴ He tore off his clothes and lay naked on the ground all day and all night, prophesying in the presence of Samuel. The people who were watching exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet?”

Picture Saul in verse 24. He lay naked on the ground all day and all night prophesying.

Try to picture the President of the United States or just about any elected official or noted leader doing something like this today. Lying naked on the ground all day and all night.

I would react with much skepticism in such a case. Still, no one seems to react that way in this passage.