I noticed here in this chapter that Samuel doesn't say that if your king does evil, God will judge you, but if you, the people, do evil. Leaders have influence and power in our world, and how much more when they were little more than dictators. Yet, Samuel says that the people and their king would be swept away if they sinned. We might want to blame leaders, but we still have a choice. We can choose, as Jesus said, to give to Ceaser the things that are his but give to God what belongs to him. We do not have to follow the example of ungodly leaders. We can choose a better, a holy, and godly way, because if we don't, the destruction that comes is on us, not our leaders.
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