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