Saul Becomes Israel's First King

Saul goes looking for his father's lost donkeys and stumbles into the most important meeting of his life. Samuel already knows he's coming — because God told him the day before. What looks like a random errand turns out to be a divine appointment that will reshape an entire nation.

God gave Saul every reason to believe — three signs that all came true, a supernatural transformation that stunned everyone who knew him, and a public selection that left no room for ambiguity. But the man chosen to lead an entire nation had to be pulled out from behind the luggage, and the gap between God's confidence in Saul and Saul's confidence in himself is where the whole story turns.

An Ammonite king threatens to gouge out the eyes of an entire city. The news reaches Saul, who goes from plowing a field to rallying an army in one afternoon. What follows is a decisive victory, a surprising act of mercy, and the moment Israel finally gets behind their king.

Samuel steps down from leadership with a completely clean record and dares anyone to prove otherwise. Then he walks the nation through their own history, calls down a storm during the dry season, and makes a promise so selfless it might be the most overlooked line in the Old Testament.