Us and Our Children

“Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.”

 The choice of who will rule over us is far reaching. It not only affects the present, but future generations to come. Israel’s choice not only plagued their nation then existing but their posterity down through time, even to this very day. Therefore, much care and prayer should be taken in one’s choice of who will lead them, whether it relates to their home, church, or country.   

This is not the first time this nation, blessed of God, had a problem in their choice of leadership. We are told in the Old Testament, because they desired to be like other nations, they chose a man who they thought would be to them everything, but instead, he took everything. Their children became his servants (government workers), there was a heavy levy put upon those that had possessions, and the things taken from them were given to his cronies. Also, their fields and lands were confiscated and given to those of his choosing. It’s all there, read 1Sam.8:11-18.

What a difference in leaders Saul and David were. The former had a religion that could get along with the godless; the latter refused to walk, stand, or sit with them. Saul only cared how the others saw him; David’s main concern was how God saw him. King Saul cared little for the lives of other people, King David, on the other hand, was very involved and concerned with the lives of others, even the unborn. You’ll remember, at a weak moment in David’s life, he impregnated Bathsheba, another man’s wife. But rather than abort the child, saving himself embarrassment and disgrace, he chose rather life. That is the man of God’s own choosing!