In a highly pertinent piece on the CW website today, Kathy Gyngell correctly asks some very telling questions regarding a particular MP's unexpected confession this week regarding his 'lone voice' position in the UK cabinet over the last few years. The question that troubles me the most, however, assuming he's being truthful, is why was it that he was unable to be "heard" in any fashion that mattered during the whole affair - what caused the circumstances that meant that he only felt he could come forward after the government he served with was busy directing the removal men into number 10?
In the verse above, we find the Prophet Samuel having to deal with King Saul's 'political expediency' - not only did he keep the best of what he should have destroyed for himself, but he also failed to execute a King whose own name meant 'ablaze' (as violently exertive ) - Agag of the Amalekites. Saul thought he knew what was best, especially when it came to his own aggrandisement, so he certainly wasn't going to listen to anyone else when it came to doing what he decided would bring him more prestige.
The cost for this action to Saul was total, in respect to his rule in the kingdom, but the cost was equally great to Samuel. Because he acted to fulfil what was necessary, he was severed from the King from that day on.
The cost of doing what is right in the face of genuine and complete opposition is always very high, but absolutely essential for righteousness to prevail.
We have lived through a moment when the wisdom of what was required to keep us through the trial of a viral outbreak was thrown aside in favour of "new" measures and new medications. The reasons why these requirements were set no doubt had a great deal to do with the manner of ambition we see in the character of Saul, but the voice raised against this goal in our day only came from outside of the seats of central power both here and in many other nations. That meant they have essentially remained unheard in the mainstream beyond follies to be ridiculed - at least until recently, as the data has become more public and more prolific to convey that those deemed peripheral were more correct than previously thought.
The damage of all of this is both deep and extensive. If only there had been a clear voice within the system, early in the 'program', that had spoken up - how many lives would not have been wrecked or lost if it had been possible to create a pause when needed.
Another piece published today, seeking to address the issue of what should be acceptable in the realms of social media in respect to being reasonable, shows how easily we can allow the violent 'kings' of our day take hold of the spheres of exchange and use them, like Haman amidst the Jewish exiles, to bring about malevolence.
The last voice so often heard is the one we should genuinely consider - it annihilates the destructive nature of those pretending to have our 'best interests', and exposes us again to the true intents and purposes of what is genuinely righteous and true, bringing renewal and health.
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