1 Samuel 12:20-22:
20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following theLord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
22 For theLord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
Samuel has just finished pointing out the people's sin of requesting an earthly king over God as king. The people had rejected God as king, desiring a "king like all the nations." They were confronted with this evil and filled with fear and grief. They ask Samuel to pray for them that God would not kill them. The above verses are Samuel's response to the people.
Be encouraged today Christian! For God is absolutely faithful, even when we are not!
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