I Samuel 8: 5
...Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the Nations.
8: 7
...They have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
8: 19-20
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the Nations..."
The Lord God wanted them to recognize Him as their King Who ruled over their hearts and lives of His people Israel. He wanted them to obey all His laws and receive all His blessings to show the World what a good, generous, fair and just, and powerful a God He is and draw the other Nations to worship Him also.
But they wanted to be like the World.
O my Father, may I not want to be like the World, but may I be different from the World, to draw those in the World to know You as the God You are.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
