Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Samuel 8:10,14 (New Living Translation)

10 So Samuel passed on the Lord’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king…14 He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.

The people wanted a King. A man to stand in front of them, someone they could touch. God, through the prophet Samuel, warned them about what could possibly go wrong with a King.

Notice verse 14 because evidently the people of the didn’t notice it.

The King would take away the best. The people should have stood in revulsion at this statement. The best was for God. The law spoke of that in many places. The King was going to take the place of God in the lives of the people.

Where does my “best” go? Hmmm, have to consider that a while. I may not like the answer.