Scripture

“The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.”

Observation

Samuel takes a flask of oil and pours it on Saul’s head. He tells Saul that there will be three signs of Gods favour:

1. He will meet two men who tell him the donkeys have been found.

2. At the Great Tree at Tabor, he will meet two men, one of them will give him two loaves of bread.

3. He will meet some prophets, and the Spirit of the Lord will come on him and he will prophesy.

So Saul goes away, and the three signs are fulfilled that day.

Later, Saul summons the elders of Israel and presents Saul to them as their King.

Application

The three signs that Samuel describes a very specific and a little out of the ordinary. They could not have been pre-planned by Samuel, and they could not have been coincidences or chance events.

Unusual but specific signs were given so that saul would know that God had chosen him, and so that the whole nation would know that God was leading them into a new era.

When God is it work, He does not always give us confirmation signs, but the signs He does give are often unusual and beyond the realms of normal expectations.

We should not ask God for a sign in the normal daily decisions that we make. But we should have eyes of faith that see where God is at work.

Prayer

Father, I thank you for the signs that you sometimes give to confirm my direction. Please increase my ability to see your deeds. Amen