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1 Samuel 1-10

The problem in Judges is that there is no king, and dveryone is doing what is right in their own eyes. The problem in 1 Samuel is that Israel moves to solve that problem by doing what is right in their own eyes. They want a king, not so that they can be reminded of God's kingship over them, but so that they can look like the nations.

So God gives them a King like the nations. Powerful, tall, Saul. Unlike David he was an obvious choice, but also unlike David he hi from his responsibilities instead of seeking opportunities to fight for the glory of the Lord. We need to look, not for Saul moments but for Samuel moments. Born to a barren women, in a time where either drunk women frequented the Temple or the High Priest apparently couldn't tell the difference between prayer and drunkenness. We should look for those moments not where we engineer what God should do in our opinion, but where what the Lord does catches us by surprise. In this way He magnifies His grace, let us look out for that.