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TODAY'S EPISODE:
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible Podcast, hosted by Hunter, your Bible reading coach and brother in this journey through the scriptures. Today is April 10th, and we're diving into day 101 of our year-long journey through the Bible. Our passages include 1 Samuel chapters 8 through 10 and 2 Corinthians chapter 10. Today, we'll hear about the Israelites' request for a king and Saul's unexpected anointing, both physically impressive yet internally conflicted. We are reminded of Paul's appeal in 2 Corinthians that true authority comes from Christ and not worldly measures. Join us as we reflect on these powerful stories, pray together, and invest in our souls. Remember, as Hunter often says, you are loved—no doubt about it. Let's go forward in God's joy, letting it be our strength. Thank you for tuning in today, and don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with your friends. Let's continue this journey together tomorrow.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
Saul was head and shoulders taller than anyone else around him. Saul had the stature of a king, but he didn't feel like it. Not on the inside. Not in his heart. Others saw his physical stature, but God was looking at his heart. The people wanted a king, but God wanted a heart. So when the spirit of God came upon Saul, the scriptures tell us that that's what God did. He changed his heart.
Now, Saul's part was simply to say yes to this gift of life, to begin to see himself for who he now was. He was chosen. He was a leader. He was God's anointed king. But deep down, there were things that kept him from truly embracing who God said he was. He felt like an imposter. He hid in the baggage, fleeing from all of it. Saul couldn't see it. There was a part of him that worked against himself and who he really was. He was tortured with internal contradictions, and his life was marked by anguish.
Things were always complicated for Saul. But the life that Saul had been awakened to wasn't complicated. It was simple. It didn't require him to be tortured and anguished. It simply required him to say yes to God. Thank you, God. I invite you to live your life through me today, God, whatever that life may entail.
When a person does that, they begin to live like a king, and it simply requires a yes to the new thing that God has done. To the new heart, for a heart that would simply trust. A heart that would be free. God is offering all of us something very simple today. Who you really are is hidden with God in Christ. You are who he says you are. You don't need to power up. You don't need to bluster or fake your way through to live up to the expectations of others. You can simply rest in him. You can say yes and thank you. You can choose to believe.
That's a prayer that I have for my own soul today. That's a prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, my daughters, my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so.
TODAY'S PRAYERS:
Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.
Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen
And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray...
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the...
