1 Samuel 31:4 - Face life with God!

“Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it.”

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul’s son’s were killed by the Philistines. “The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers” (1 Samuel 31:3). Saul wanted his armorbearer to thrust his sword through him. Saul’s armorbearer was greatly afraid and would not do what Saul wanted him to. “Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it” (1 Samuel 31:4). When his armorbearer realized that Saul was dead, “he also fell on his sword, and died with him. So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day” (1 Samuel 31:5-6).

Saul faced the end of his life the same way he faced life in general. He took matters into his own hands. He didn’t pray for God to intervene. He didn’t think about God and His will at all. He simply fell on the sword and took his own life. I don’t know what is going on in your life, but I pray that you put your trust in the Lord your God. He cares about You and He wants to help you. God is bigger than any situation you are facing now. If you wonder how you will face death in the future, look at look at how you are facing life now. You will face it the same way you are now. You either handle things with Him or you handle things on your own. I encourage you to face life with God. Don’t take things into your own hands. His way is better.

Father, we can learn from Saul’s mistakes. Saul continually took matters into his own hands. We can see how this ended. May we not do that, Lord. May we take our matters to You in prayer. May we think about You and put our faith, hope and trust in You. May we handle things with You and not handle things on our own. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.