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KING SAUL: CONFIRMED


Confirmation is removal of doubt. This comes usually from an authoritative statement, general acceptability or an undeniable fact. In the case of King Saul his confirmation as the chosen king of Israel came primarily by the declaration of prophet Samuel but more importantly by his first victory as king.

A band of Ammonites had laid siege on a portion of Israel, they were going to level the city. The only condition for peace was that they gouge out the occupants' right eye and that they become servants. The community was destruct and they wailed. Saul heard of it and went there.

 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. - 1 Samuel 11:6

 The rest is victory. The people were so over joyed that they were willing to put to death anyone who disputed the fact that Saul was king. Saul needed no greater confirmation, the kingdom was firmly rooted under him. In fact even Samuel called the people to Gilgal to reaffirm the kingdom. They sacrificed to God and rejoiced greatly for the victory.

If not for the confrontation with the Ammonites, King Saul would have had a tough time gaining the recognition of the generality of the people. Apart from his physical looks his background was not exactly royalty material. But the victory closed all doubts and he was accepted by all as Israel's first king.

We still need confirmation today. First and most importantly we need to seek confirmation from above particularly when it involves crucial steps of our lives. A life without divine confirmation will continually plunge into life's frustration rather than favour.

Confirmation you can trust

 The Bible admonishes us to test every spirit ( 1 John 4:1), we should also be careful of some cooked up confirmation.  These two are trusted:

* The word of God. The word of God is the highest authority that can confirm a matter. Every word of God is empowered to deliver without fail. If your steps can be substantiated by the word of God you are standing on solid ground. A preacher once said that when you find your life partner God releases a direct word into your heart to serve as an unshakable confirmation.

Many people shoot themselves in the leg because they have no interaction with the word of God. God cannot guide you by a word you don't know. It is in tough times that many people run to their Bible to find helping scripture. We are to meditate daily on the word of God. The word should be part of our lives. In fact you cannot be certain that anything dropped into your spirit came from the Holy Spirit except by the word of God. Everything can fail but the word of God can never fail.

We will remember that in the case of Saul what made him King in first place was the word of God spoken by Samuel. Whether they liked it or not, the word of God said it and it was irresistible.

* Godly Witnesses. Confirmation also comes by the testimony of two or more. God will not leave your fate to you alone. You love yourself too much to see error when it comes your way. God always specially arranges people to serve as proofs for whatever conviction you have. If you can not find godly people to agree with what you perceive it will be very wise to proceed with great caution.

On marriage again some people marry without parental consent, this is very dangerous. Ideally the people closest to you with the most experience are your parents. Ordinarily they love you more than all others. So if they say they smell a rat you should take it seriously. If they are happy with your choice, happy are you.

Anything great must be corroborated by witnesses. Jesus was careful to perform His miracles where at least two people would testify. The testimony concerning Jesus was not what He told them He did but what they saw Him do. Too many people have made a shipwreck of life simply because they believed in a closed confirmation that wasn't substantiated by truth from other understanding hearts.

Saul was confirmed king by the infallible word of God and the testimony of his brethren. He was enroute a time of supernatural victory.

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- 1 Samuel 11

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