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October 14, 2026 - 1 Samuel 10 & Proverbs 18:9-12 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sanborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass Bible Church South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Wednesday, October 14th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word, 1 Samuel 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel?
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  SPEAKER_00: And you shall reign over the people of the Lord, and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
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  SPEAKER_00: When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin in Zelza, and they will say to you, The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys as and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do about my son?
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  SPEAKER_00: Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine, and they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: After that you shall come to Gibeath Elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines, and there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute and lyre before them, prophesying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them, and be turned into another man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you, then go down before me to Gilgal, and behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings, seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.
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  SPEAKER_00: When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.
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  SPEAKER_00: When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, What has come over this son of Kish?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is Saul also among the prophets?
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  SPEAKER_00: And the man of the place answered, And who is their father?
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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  SPEAKER_00: When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said, To see the donkeys, and when we saw that they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Saul's uncle said, Please tell me what Samuel said to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found, but about the manner of the kingdom of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mitzbah, and he said to the people of Israel, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.
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  SPEAKER_00: But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, Set a king over us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by Lot, and he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of Metrites was taken by Lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Saul the son of Kish was taken by Lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when they sought him he could not be found.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they inquired again of the Lord, Is there a man still to come?
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Lord said, Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they ran and took him from there.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when he stood among the people he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen?
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  SPEAKER_00: There is none like him among all the people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all the people shouted, Long live the king.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor, whose hearts God had touched.
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  SPEAKER_00: But some worthless fellows said, How can this man save us?
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  SPEAKER_00: And they despised him and brought him no present.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he held his peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs eighteen verses nine through twelve.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before destruction, a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our reading today in the book of First Samuel ends the era of the judges and begins the era of the monarchy, the kings of Israel are here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the first one is a king, Saul, who is as spoken to by Samuel, who's anointed, and who is given multiple signs that he is in fact the king that will be over Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's a variety of things that Samuel says will be signs, and these take place.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's going to be men that greet him by Rachel's tomb, and they're going to have an interaction with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're going to tell you that the donkeys are found.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the next sign will be these men that have loaves to give, and Saul's to take two of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and the next one will be uh a group of prophets coming down um from this garrison uh of the Philistines, and he's going to prophesy with them, and the spirit's going to rush upon him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these these are the signs that that Samuel is telling uh Saul that God will accomplish to confirm and affirm his uh his kingship.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is the prince of Israel who will rule.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is an interesting sign here at the end where he is prophesying.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the this is the only time that Saul will uh will do this, this uh unusual and divine occurrence where Saul Saul's life is is one that is questioned.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, who is this guy that's prophesying?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is this is this Saul?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is his dad a prophet?
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  SPEAKER_00: How is this happening?
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's people around him that know him that are aware that this is an unusual occurrence.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the uncle of Saul here is is asking him what happened, and Saul is is uh withholding, omitting uh information as to what Samuel has shared with him concerning his his future and imminent kingship.
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  SPEAKER_00: And um Saul here is uh is announced to the people.
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  SPEAKER_00: It comes after this rebuke.
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  SPEAKER_00: Samuel draws Israel's attention to the fact that they have rejected their God as king and ruler over them as a nation.
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  SPEAKER_00: He calls to mind the it was God, it was Yahweh who saved them from all their calamities in verse 19, from their distresses.
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  SPEAKER_00: He delivered you out of Egypt, and you have rejected him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He he he has saved you in the wilderness time and time again.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has caused water to flow out of rocks, he has caused bread of heaven to fall and and feed and nourish the people of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great bodies of water have been stood up, so uh escape and transport can be uh can be possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh the people of Israel are are looking to God as their their reigning ruler and saying, you know, we want we want a man.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want we want this Saul guy.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's tall, he's handsome, he's got he's got so much potential, and we'll see that he later in this uh this book, only within a handful of chapters, is is is proven to be a man that is not a good leader.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll see the details of that uh unpacked as we go.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Saul's hiding here at his his inauguration, where this uh elimination bracket, if you will, is is unfolding in the last tribe and the last clan, and the the funnel is bottlenecking uh with the the tribe of Benjamin and uh the matrites and the son of Kish, and it gets down to Saul, and he is nowhere to be found.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's hiding, which for him probably is a hard thing to do as he's much taller than people.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's found and he's brought to uh brought before the people, and he is uh declared declared king in verse 24.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him who the Lord has chosen?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's him.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Saul, this is your king.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here he is, the one you've asked for, the one that you've you've called for, and these words at the end of verse 24 have a sour, have a sour um ring in our ears.
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  SPEAKER_00: Long live the king.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's like, oh, we kind of cringe when we hear those words because we see this rebuke from Samuel and the signs that are that are happening to confirm Saul as king, but the people have rejected God's leadership.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've they want a man to go and fight their battles for them.
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  SPEAKER_00: God has used um important men to to exercise uh a leadership over his people.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is selected, God has chosen, but here the people choose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here they they cast lots, and and it's it's God's choice.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's gonna give the people what they want, though it's it's not gonna turn out the greatest, but their hearts have turned from him and turned towards um the creation to lead them.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the end of this chapter, we see the the warriors who uh the mighty men of valor who go along, whose hearts were touched by God to go with with Saul to protect him, to to to be by his side, and and on the other side of the coin, we see some bitterness.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see worthless fellows saying, How can this man save us?
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  SPEAKER_00: And you could just hear the grumbling, the the under-breath comments being being stated, and to Saul's credit, to the people that are around, he held his peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's he's letting fools be fools and letting them scoff and mock and do whatever they're going to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, they they bring him no present, no honor uh during this inauguration, and they despise him.
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  SPEAKER_00: So at the end of this chapter concludes with uh with self-control, with discipline, where there's no there's no clap back that we see, no, no talking back, and no uh uh no no judgment uh from the king to these disrespectful, worthless fellows.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and this is how chapter 10 concludes with Saul, the king of Israel, the era of judges is over, uh, the era of kings is here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you remember, in the Garden of Eden, before sin, before Genesis 3, work was present.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adam had things to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adam had animals to tend to and to name, and and there was work that was good that God assigned his creation, his image bearers.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as we think about our Proverbs section this morning, we see whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we know the Lord values hard work, work that's committed and assigned to his glory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh it's a a good thing to uh to live a life that is uh working hardly unto the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um though the the curse does make work difficult, that's that's part of the fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh but nonetheless, whoever is slack in his work, whoever is lazy, whoever is uh sluggish, whoever is uh appearing to do a lot of work but really not accomplishing much, this person is compared to someone who's teaming up with the enemy as a brother to him who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's on team villain, team uh team enemy, team destruction here, one who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: So someone who might be looking like they're they're pulling weight or looking like they're working, um, but really if they're doing slack, uh slack work, they're lazy in their work, they're actually creating more work for others.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're pulling in the opposite direction of those who are trying to accomplish much work to be uh fruitful and to um to to sow and and harvest much.
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  SPEAKER_00: So whoever is slack in work is a brother to him who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: So pick your team.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are you gonna be someone who's working hard today, uh who's who's working to um to sow seeds uh of uh heavenly worth, heavenly, um heavenly towards a heavenly harvest, or are you uh someone who is slack and and lazy and uh and someone who's ultimately on on the the opposite team, uh a brother to him who destroys.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh a challenge for us to to work uh with joy, with great zeal for the Lord today, as we um have a wide variety of things that our hands may find to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to commit our work to the Lord today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the next verse we see here, verse 10 the name of the Lord is a strong tower.
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  SPEAKER_00: The righteous man runs into it and is safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh I I've never seen uh a safe room or a room that has some kind of uh bulletproof door or some kind of you know doomsday prepping kind of thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: But in times of of danger and and threat, people would run to the most secure place that they could find, and that would be uh a fortress or a tower, a stronghold, a citadel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And verse 10 uh addresses that strong and mighty and secure place as the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is the strong tower, the name of the Lord is a strong tower, and the righteous man, the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's some intentionality here.
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  SPEAKER_00: The the righteous man knows where the safety is located.
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  SPEAKER_00: He he has made a plan, a plan to run to refuge, and by faith he's he's putting his trust and hope that this Lord God, the strong tower, he will defend me.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's the faith that comes along with the righteous man who identifies the Lord as a strong tower and in times of need and trouble is finding his strength and his refuge uh there.
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  SPEAKER_00: His protection is found in the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Lord delivers his people, Yahweh protects and is a comfort and a great protection to his people.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that that requires faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not just anyone is going to do that, and not anyone in the world is in trouble, is gonna run to run to God in their time of need.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, it's those who have faith that he can actually do something about their situation, who can actually protect and rescue them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in contrast, verse 11, verse 11 speaks to the rich man in where he finds his security.
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  SPEAKER_00: A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination, he's dreaming up waves, hedging up his uh his securities to make sure that the wealth and the things that he's built are going to protect him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh so there's a great contrast here from uh the Lord is a strong tower and finding refuge there, the man who is righteous.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, you can be a rich and righteous man.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's not there's not a uh a binary thing here.
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  SPEAKER_00: So um for those blessed by the Lord to to have great wealth and riches, this isn't saying that you automatically are in this position, but nonetheless, we should always be assessing our heart, assessing where we find our hope, uh, find our courage, find our refuge and strength.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, the Lord is is the ultimate that he's there's no comparison to to the Lord for our life both here on this earth now and more importantly, for our eternal future after this life has come to pass.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, my question is where does your help come from today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Does it come from the Lord?
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  SPEAKER_00: We think about uh the the Psalms, and uh the Lord is a a strong tower, Psalm 121.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I look, I will look up, I lift up my eyes to the hills.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where does my help come from?
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  SPEAKER_00: My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's where we find our refuge in the creator God, the sustaining God that that knows what tomorrow brings, the the God that uh establishes who it is that He picks and places in leadership.
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  SPEAKER_00: The kings of the world are hand selected by God.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no one that's in any place of uh authority or power that is outside of God's sovereign placement.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we find our refuge, our strength and our hope in God, our our strong tower, our our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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  SPEAKER_00: And our final verse today, verse 12 before destruction, a man's heart is haughty.
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  SPEAKER_00: This sounds a lot like Proverbs uh 16, 18.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but humility comes before honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh pride goes before destruction, that's Proverbs 16, 18, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, some parallel language here, parallel verses, uh, twin verses, if you will, but humility comes before honor.
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  SPEAKER_00: God gives grace to the humble, he will lift up the lowly.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God is someone who can use um use someone of of of weak or meager stature and do really big things.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not about your size, it's not about your your weight class, it's about your heart and your uh, it's about our our desire and affection, our love for the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when when God comes to the man who is seeking after his face, who's seeking to obey and love and and live a life that is just so satisfied in him, it's that man, it's that woman who God is going to honor, is going to uh use in a powerful way to bring him more glory.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh let's keep a humble heart as we go about our work today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's keep our our mind fighting actively, um uh vigilant, fighting off sin and fighting off pride and um not getting distracted by the treasures and wealth of this world, but looking to eternal treasures, eternal, uh eternal rewards and uh and our ultimate reality of uh of living and loving our God face to face uh for eternity.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's that's where our our our ultimate hope is is uh life after this life and not suffering the second death and and looking to our our God uh who defeated the grave, Jesus the Savior, is uh risen and resurrected and ascended, and and one day we will be with him again.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that is our hope, and that is where our eyes are fixed today.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I hope that was an encouragement to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, thanks so much for joining us on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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