1 Samuel 28:21-25 Twenty Four Hours

 And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was severely troubled, and said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hands and heeded the words which you spoke to me. Now therefore, please, heed also the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it. And she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it. So she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night. 1 Samuel‬ ‭28‬:‭21‬-‭25‬ ‭NKJ

a. The woman came to Saul and saw that he was severely troubled: It’s a sad note when a practitioner of the occult comforts the king of Israel. But they were two of the same kind; each lived in rebellion against God, and each was under judgment from the LORD.

b. And they ate: The dinner Saul ate that night was like the last meal of a man on death row, awaiting execution in the morning.

c. Then they rose and went away that night: Saul left this strange encounter resigned to his sad and tragic fate. (Guzik)

i. “The additional information, that within twenty-four hours he and his sons would be dead, was no help at all to his morale. Indeed he would have been better without it. He did himself no good by doing what he had decreed to be unlawful. God’s word stood and could not be altered. He should have believed it instead of thinking that by further consultation he could reverse its judgment. The Lord did not answer him, because there was no more to be said.” (Baldwin)

Twenty Four Hours 

Most of us that read this devotional are in our golden years or as a late friend once said to me, “you are now mortal” meaning you are the next generation to die.

If we knew we only had twenty four hours to live, what would be on our bucket list?

Would you try to set things right with family, friends and Jesus?

Or would we be like Saul and fall flat on the ground and be terrified?

It is said that there is a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven.

Which one will you choose?

Blessings 

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