Donkey Business
mkalty.org Google Images That pesky “why me?” question lurks at the back of our minds. The car keys go missing. An unexpected tax bill arrives. A job is lost. The house needs to be sold but no one seems to want to buy it even though the market is hot. I suspect a certain Saul, son of Kish, was asking the same question: “Why can’t we find those stupid donkeys!” (1 Samuel 9:3, 4). How hard could it be, right? The Israelites wanted a king. They were frustrated with Samuel’s sons who, as spiritual leaders, were the pits. Why they thought a king wouldn’t turn out as badly is as hard to explain as why we think a change in government will make any difference to our problems. Samuel, offended by the request, explained to them in 1 Samuel 8 what a king would cost them. But they insisted and God told Samuel to let them have what they wanted (1 Samuel 8:22). But God didn’t tell Samuel were to find this king. Apparently Samuel was going about his business when God brought the future king to hi...