The surprising but sovereign setting apart of Saul for service says that the Lord is in all the details of the destiny of His people.
Because God’s name represents who He is and what He has revealed about Himself, we must hallow and exalt His name in prayer.
Because God has revealed himself as ‘Our Father in Heaven,’ we must know him as our father and approach him as such in prayer.
Because Christ is the Rock, who pours out for us streams of living water, we must come unto him and drink.
Woe to the people who demand to be ruled after the ways of the nations rather than the ways of the LORD.
Do not excuse yourself from God's great hospitality and wide invitation but come as He calls.
Because Jesus Christ is our great High Priest, we can and must approach God in prayer.
Through receiving and showing hospitality, Christ calls you to humble and holy Christian conduct worthy of the gospel.