Kings Are Subjects Too

When God asked Saul to wait for seven days until Samuel's arrival, he was asking him to do a difficult thing, seeing that a massive foe was on his doorstep. But this reminds us that the arena where faith is exercised is "down here," in a broken and fallen world, where we sometimes face devastating odds, humanly speaking. But it's in situations like these that obedience and faith grow up into maturity, and the Lord shows himself strong.