Devotion Church-Sand Springs

From 1 Samuel 8 in my personal reading this morning.
Theologian David Guzik makes a great point—so apropos to the Church of Jesus Christ today!

(1 Samuel 8:19-20) 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations,

"That we also may be like all the nations": This was never God’s goal for Israel. God wanted to make them a special treasure to Me above all people... a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exodus 19:6). God wanted to make Israel something special, and they wanted to be just like everyone else. (Guzik)

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV)
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure…

My heart is only as GOOD as God makes it. My only part is to seek, yield, and trust.