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1 Samuel chapter 28, verses 6 and 7.

And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Yurim or by prophets.

Then Saul said to his servants, seek out for me a woman who is a medium,

and I may go to her and inquire of her.

And his servant said to him,

behold, there is a medium at Indoor.

These verses represent yet another call

in the book of 1st Samuel

to patience before God and obedience to God and not trying to

take things into your own hands. The whole picture here is Saul needing direction from God,

but the normal means of grace through which God provided that direction.

He wasn't getting the answer that he wanted when he wanted.

So he goes outside of those.

And he seeks after a medium to go inquire of her to try to find out the word of God.

This is total defiance of God,, masked as desiring wisdom from God. He's seeking

God's counsel by doing that which God has said not to do. And as foolish as this looks in Saul's life,

the reality is, you and I can do the same thing. When we have a decision

to make, when we are trying to discerning what to do in a certain situation, there are means of

grace that God has given us. His word, that is our guide, that we go to and we think, okay, how does God's word inform this decision

that I need to make, what I need to do in this situation? We seek the leadership of God's spirit

through His Word, through His Church. We go to brothers and sisters in Christ who we know

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