Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a
medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.”
1 Samuel 28:7
Saul was a mess spiritually. He
saw the army of the Philistines was afraid that he would be defeated by them.
Samuel, the prophet that had been used by God to speak to Saul, had died. Saul
didn’t know what to do. He inquired of the Lord in what to do, but the Lord did
not answer him. God didn’t have Urim or one of the prophets give him a word
either. Nor did God give Saul a dream to help him. Then Saul decided that he
wanted to seek a woman that was a medium. This was in defiance to the will of
God. Saul knew this but he went ahead and disguised himself and went to her.
The woman didn’t want to help him as Saul had cut off the mediums and
spiritists from the land. The medium didn’t want Saul to lay a snare for her
life or cause her to die. Saul swore to her, using the Lord’s name, saying “As
the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing” (1 Samuel
28:10). Saul wanted her to call up Samuel from the dead. Samuel’s spirit
ascended out of the earth. “When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a
loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, ‘Why have you deceived me? For
you are Saul!’” (1 Samuel 28:12). Saul told her not to be afraid. When Saul
realized that it was Samuel, he bowed down and put his face to the ground.
Samuel was not happy that Saul had disturbed him by bringing him up. Saul told Samuel
that God had departed from him and does not answer him anymore, neither by
dreams or by the prophets. This is why Saul contacted him from the dead. Then
Samuel told Saul, “So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you
and has become your enemy? And the Lord has done for Himself as He spoke by me.
For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your
neighbor, David. Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord nor execute His
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this
day. Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of
the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will
also deliver the army of Israel
into the hand of the Philistines” (1 Samuel 28:15-19). Saul received a word,
but not one that he liked. God warns us to stay away from mediums. We are to
have nothing to do with them. If we want to have a word that guides us, we
should go to His Word.
Father, we come to You today and we praise Your holy name.
Lord, may we avoid evil and all those that practice it. May we not have
anything to do with spiritists, mediums, wizards, palm readers, witches, etc.
May we come to You for guidance and go to Your Word. Speak to us today and guide
and direct our steps. Encourage us by Your Word. Your Word is life. It
completes us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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