Devotionals May 8 – June 7, 2022: Trusting God in Tumultuous Times

As the time of the judges came to an end, the people of Israel asked God to give them an earthly king like the heathen nations that surrounded them. God answered their request by raising up Saul to be their king. Saul’s reign, however, was marred by disobedience and rebellion against God. After Saul’s sin of offering an unlawful sacrifice at Gilgal, Samuel rebuked him with these words in 1 Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own...