"As he turned away to leave Samuel, God gave him [Saul] another heart." (1 Samuel 10:9)
How interesting. God doesn't want to give the Hebrews a king, but they demand one. So, God is going to give them a king---Saul. And God knows that why lies before Saul is going to be hard---impossible even---so God gives him a new heart. In fact, the Hebrew reads: God is turning for him another heart.
Getting a new heart always requires turning. Turning away from a life that isn't centered on God and God's ways; turning toward the Way of Life----living like Jesus. What might our lives look like if every day we wake and ask God to give us a new heart---like Saul---in order to do the impossible? To be who we were made to be; to live as we have been made to live---like Jesus. Oh God, grant us a new heart.
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