Divine Appointments

1 Samuel 9

John 15:16

“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.”

Let’s look at the chain of events in Saul’s life as God moves him to where he needs him to be.

1. Saul’s father Kish is from the Benjamin tribe.

2. Kish asks Saul to travel and find his lost donkey.

3. Saul travels the hill country but cannot find his father’s donkey.

4. Saul wants to give up but his servant suggests they find and ask the seer for help.

5. Saul and the servant entered the next town and pass by in front of Samuel.

6. God tells Samuel to talk to Saul.

7. Samuel tells him where the lost donkey is and his divine message from God.       

8. Samuel invites Saul to a big dinner that God told him to prepare the day before.

You see, all along God planned every move of Samuel and Saul to bring them together at a divine appointed time. 

What can we learn from this chapter:

1. We learned in verse one that Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin just as God said he would be in verse fifteen and sixteen.

We can trust God to keep his word and His promises. Psalm 145:13

2. God used the wealth of Saul’s father to have animals that needed Saul’s attention.God will use anything to get our attention and put us on the right path.Prov.3:5-6

3. God took the difficult time of a lost donkey and turned it into the very thing that would place Saul on the path to Samuel.

God works in and through our tough times or lose, failure, death and destruction.

God is always working in our lives through the good and the bad times. 

Romans 8:28

4. God surrounded Saul with a servant who gave good advice and kept Saul on the path to God’s prophet instead of giving up. (Once again we see God providing).

God will provide good and godly friends and counsel if we seek Him and His people in His places and surrender to His will. 1 Cor. 15:33 and Prov. 17:17

APPLICATION:

Have you ever reflected on your life or the events of your life and seen the Lord’s hand in the making?

God is alive and working in your life.

God has a divine plan for your life and has divine appointments in place to fulfill His perfect plan for your life. Jeremiah 29:11-12

Are you willing to recognize the importance of God’s unique plans and purposes for your life and answer the call on your life?

Sometimes divine appointments can lead to someone’s salvation.

Are you willing and ready to share your faith?  Acts 11:20-21,24

Now is the time to seek and share the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:20

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”

Here is your chance to encourage one another and Jayme! Send in your comments and stories or how the Lord worked in your divine appointments of life. We'd love to hear from all of you!