Topic: Don’t go back to your vomit
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 28-29; Luke 13:22-35.
Memory Verse: “Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.” 1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV)
Saul made a decision when he became king to drive out all those with familiar spirits and wizards because they were contrary to the will of God (1 Samuel 28:9). However, after he had disobeyed God by not killing the king of Amalek and for not destroying all the livestock they saw at Amalek, God rejected him as king and ,thus, he was unable to access God. He was at a point in dilemma when the Philistines wanted to fight him and he sought the face of God without any response and furthermore Samuel was dead, he therefore thought he could go to seek God’s divine direction for him and Israel by contacting the familiar spirit!. He said in 1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV), “Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.”
So he went to the agents of the devil to seek God’s direction! What an irony! He decided to go to those he had chased out of the country because he knew their practice was against the direction of God, to now help him to reach God! He went to his vomit and he got the worst news he could have imagined! He would die with his sons the following day and his country would lose the war!
What are you going through? How long have you been seeking the face of God without any answer? Don’t go back to your vomit even if God is not answering you. Rather, examine yourself first, look at things you are doing against the will of God, repent and recommit yourself to God. He will surely answer though it may take time. Remember His word in Matthew 11:28 (KJV), “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Imagine if Saul had stopped chasing David and had instead agreed to him being his successor and therefore asked him to lead the war against the Philistines, can you imagine what could have happened? Instead of going back on God, examine yourself and realign your actions to the will of God and see what will happen. God is merciful and always willing to forgive only if we truly surrender ourselves to Him and ready to follow Him all through.
Prayer point: I will never go back to my vomit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Bro. Biodun Oyapero