The Daily: Friday June 14, 2024

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 108 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 10:1-8 (NRSV, The Message); Hebrews 11:4-7 (NRSV, The Message)

“Next, you’ll come to Gibeah of God, where there’s a Philistine garrison. As you approach the town, you’ll run into a bunch of prophets coming down from the shrine, playing harps and tambourines, flutes and drums. And they’ll be prophesying. Before you know it, the Spirit of God will come on you and you’ll be prophesying right along with them. And you’ll be transformed. You’ll be a new person!
1 Samuel 10:5-6

This passage and Samuel's instructions to Saul reveal Divine movement that is often outside of the normal circumstacnes of life. Samuel's foretelling of what Saul would encounter reads like the script of some avant gard movie.

How often are we open to the weird ways of God? Granted, you will likely not meet a tamborine-playing prophet today. But you might! You will encounter something though that is out of the ordinary, that might shift your perception just enough to remind you that even though we live in the midst of the daily routine we are not bound by it. God still works in mysterious ways!