Check Your Motives

1 Samuel 12-13:23


What we ask for and the true reason we want what we want is often a lie. We ask out of ulterior motives.

Israel didn’t want a king because Samuel’s sons were greedy for material gain, they asked out of fear (1 Samuel 8:4-5 AMP All the elders of Israel assembled and came to Samuel at Ramah (5) And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations.)

Their real reason is uncovered here:

1 Samuel 12:12 AMP But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, No! A king shall reign over us--when the Lord your God was your King!

No matter how we use our words to “cover” with leaves our true intent, God always comes in and asks the question, “Where are you?” He knows where we are but are we taking the time to find out where we really are.