The Donkey Mission

- Excuses always begin with “

Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let’s go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!”

But the servant said, “I’ve just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let’s go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”

“But we don’t have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don’t have a thing to give him.” —1 Samuel 9:5-7 (NLT)

- Excuses come from three places:

[…] and Saul said to his servant, “Let’s go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!” —1 Samuel 9:5 (NLT)

- We overcome excuses with

“Well,” the servant said, “I have one small silver piece. We can at least offer it to the man of God and see what happens!” —1 Samuel 9:8 (NLT)

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