Chronological Bible Reading for April 11

Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Chronological Bible Reading for April 11
I Samuel 13-14

I Samuel 13:8 – Saul you were given the example of the people waiting for Samuel before beginning the feast or sacrifice, what is wrong with you? even if the Philistines were attacking right now you should not try to take the office of priest as well as king. God would save you because of your reliance on His time. Even if the people do scatter did not God defeat the Midianites with Gideon and three hundred men.
I Samuel 13:13 – Saul has had the possible heritage of the kingdom taken away from him. God knew that this would happen when He chose Saul as a king that the world would honor. Saul was of the tribe of Benjamin but it was from Judah that God had chosen His King and He showed that to Jacob when he blessed his sons near the end of his life.
I Samuel 13:14 – Now that Israel is experiencing what a king is in their land God is preparing a man of God to show them that He works through Himself not the strength that the world sees.
I Samuel 13:19 – There was no smith but Jonathan had just struck the garrison and hopefully retrieved the arms there. And back in chapter 7 Israel defeats the Philistines and the arms available there should have been taken. With these wins did God cause the Philistines to fear so much that they dropped their own arms and Israel killed them with their own weapons? Who needs a smith when the opposing army brings you the arms and supplies to defeat them with.
I Samuel 13:20 – Who needs a smith to sharpen a sword? Many use a stone to put an edge on a blade.
I Samuel 13:22 – So none of these 600 men had a sword or spear. Where were the arms of those that they had previously defeated? God will surly fight for them and provide for their need.
I Samuel 14:4 – This place was used again in WWI when the British troops, led by Gen. Allenby, set ambush for the Turks.
I Samuel 14:20 – God has chosen to fight for Israel in the same fashion that He did for Gideon.
I Samuel 14:32 – These people were so hungry because of Saul’s command that they did not obey God’s command to not eat with the blood.
I Samuel 14:37 – So Saul’s rash command not only caused Israel to sin but allowed the Philistines to escape and trouble Israel later.
I Samuel 14:45 – The people have already started to fall away from Saul.