Last week I wrote about Samuel anointing Saul in the 10th chapter of the book of 1 Samuel. But it turned out this week I would keep coming back to a few words in that chapter which I hardly noticed the first time I read them. Samuel was anointing Saul to prepare him to go do God’s work. To be king of God’s people. But Samuel and Saul are really just witnesses to what God is doing all along. It wasn’t the anointing that made Saul king. It was God. The NIV says Saul was “changed,” and the Message translation say he was “transformed.” But in verse 9 the NRSV tells of God’s work in Saul with this set of words: “God gave him another heart.”
Our congregation has been praying for Kim H. to literally get a new heart this week, and she did. I can’t help but wonder what God is preparing her for in the days and weeks to come (no pressure, Kim!). And I can’t help but wonder what he’s preparing us each for. May we look for a new heart from God. And may we continue to be transformed.
