Day 80 | 1 Samuel 8–10 — A King Like All the Other Kings — Israel’s Demand and Saul Hiding in the Baggage | Bible in a Year

Israel wants a king they can see, the same way their ancestors always wanted Egypt's meat and a golden calf over an invisible God. Samuel warns them plainly what that king will take — sons, daughters, land, everything — and they ask anyway. Saul, tall and handsome and completely unready, gets found hiding among the baggage on the day he's supposed to become king.Here we consider rejection, visible power, warning, insecurity, and the cost every crown eventually collects.