Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-27
ISRAEL fs DEMANDS
A KING
A STORY OF TAl PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
IN ISRAEL
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like all the natlonS' - TVS ue'
sire to be like those about us is
!, a mark of the wording. Just
D In proportion as Israel turned its
eyes from the God whose pc
Z cuIiar people they were, just so
far did they have hankering
J to be like the nations about
D then. II proved a snare to their
( feet just as the world and the
2 things of ths world entlce the
y children of God to-day. The
/ Christian starts out with the
D vision Of God and the longing
, to grow into Christ likeness, but
D neglect TO mediate on Gods
( word and forgotten prayer OBJ
\ scurcs the vision and vitiates the
D hunger for Righteousness, and
I before IL is scarcely realized
Y the eyes are turned upon the
4 world and there springs up a de-
z sire to be like the worlds peo-
4 Pile, to have the things they
4 seem to enjoy, and to engage In
, the activities which 30 enthral!.
Z Such condition of heart is dan
Y eerous, and we'll may one medi-
\ tate upon the admonltion Of
s John when he says: "Love not
y the world nor the things of the
Z world" In desiring king as
Y they did, Israel was placing that
& desire first and putting God In
8 second place, condition OF
\ heart which Is periIous and GER
4 tain to bring Its train of trou-
Y BILE and woe.
4 But though II was to their
x hurt, God must give them their
K desire, for they were too wiIlful
Il to be turned from their purpose.
y II Is often so. God will remon-
z strate with his children up to
X the point where he sees that
4 they will not listen to his warn
i ing and then will give the soul
y It's desire that In the gratiflca-
z ton of that desire may be found
X the discipline which Is needed.
Z When we choose for ourselves
Is we are more than apt to make a
D choice which will turn like a
z boomerang upon us and prove a
Y curse instead Of blessing. The
= thing we think we want most
Z Is more than likely to be the
4 most undesirable for us. There
D Is only one safe ground on which
\ to stand, and that Is where God
z Is placed first and permitted to
y choose for us. The thing which
4 God desires to give us never car.
& rles with 1t any element which
\ will prove disastrous to the soul.
9 His blessings never contain a
7 sting. We should "desire the
a best gifts" "For II we being
* evil know how to give good gifts
q unto our children, how much
q more will our Heavenly Father
y give the Holy Spirit (the all-ln-
y elusive gift) to them that ask
Y him."
K According to the intimation OF
3 the Scripture 1t was the corrup
D ton of the sons of Samuel, who
z had been appointed judges over
Y Israel, and who perverted judq
4 ment by the taking of brihes
< which wa. the immediate cause
\ of the people desiring a king
9 This fact emphasizes one impor
Y tant thing, and that Is the per
4 petuatlng power of sin. One
* wrong ripens into another; one
y sin leads to another. The mis-
q deed of one man encourages o.
lncltes transsression on the par
of another, and so on, so tina
Y the sad train of development
< from a sin committed may %
x appalling In its final consuming
o ton. Man cannot sin alone, h-i
q In his sin he exerts an infuenc
2 over other life or lives which |
: disastrous.
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