Reading 1 Samuel, one more time, I realized that we aren’t too different from the people of Israel. Let me explain why I am saying this. I am reading 1 Samuel, and I am at that part when they ask Samuel for a king. Why did they do that? Because they wanted to be like the nations around them. Let’s pause right here. How many times do we ask God for things for the same reason? God, I want this or that, because I don’t want to feel so different, so awkward, I want to have something in common with the people around me, and so on. Besides the greed, the envy, and the fear that are always hovering over our minds. We think that because we have something, we will have something else. Shouldn’t we be asking God to be instead of to have? God, I want to be more patient, more kind, I want to feel your grace, to see your power, glory, or whatever. Something more meaningful? Full of meanings? All these earthly things aren’t they all going to stay on...
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