"And Saul said, 'Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today. For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.'...And Saul said, 'Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me.' So Jonathan was taken....Saul answered, 'God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.' "
I Samuel 14:38-39, 42, 44
When God did not answer (see vs. 37b), Saul perceived that there was sin in the camp. The problem was that he thought it was someone else – not himself. Saul condemned Jonathan, who acted in ignorance when he ate the honey, without considering his own arrogance in requiring the people not to eat. How easy it is to point the finger and condemn others when the problem is really in myself. To his credit, Saul relented and spared Jonathan at the urging of the people, who knew that God had used Jonathan that day (vs. 45). But there is no indication that Saul repented for his own sin.
Today's Thought: When God is silent, I need to look at myself first to find the reason.
Have a mercy-filled day. Love you.
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