Hey there! It's Tuesday, what a wonderful phrase!!! Hey there! It's Tuesday, ain't no passin' craze! It means it's time for music, statistics, and fun!! It's our problem-free...best day to be!!! Hey there! It's Tuesday!!! Not our best opener, but you get the idea!
Welcome to Tuesday and another edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes! This is the place where you never can tell what song will be featured, but you're sure to find something meaningful, even if it's not your favorite song. So step right in, a be prepared to be pampered just like you were...well a King!
Disney's fifth release of the period known as the Renaissance, The Lion King, was a theatrical smash becoming the highest-grossing animated feature film after its initial run through theaters. It would be sold out in video stores constantly upon its release. It spawned 2 direct-to-video sequels, a television series based on the sidekicks Timon and Pumba, and most notably a Broadway musical that includes many of the songs from the original motion picture soundtrack.
The award-winning soundtrack of 1994's smash Disney hit soared all the way to the #1 spot on Billboard's 200 album chart. It continues to prove to be a fan favorite of Disney soundtrack fans. All of the songs were written by Elton John (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (Elton John)) and Tim Rice. They were scored by Han Zimmer (Han Zimmer discography - wikipedia.org). This combination proved to be a trifecta as The Soundtrack won Academy Awards (Best Original Score, Best Original Songs "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"), Golden Globes (Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy), and Grammy Awards (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Musical Album for Children, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists).
I don't know about you, but usually, the awards shows don't reflect the general public's view of a movie or music. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" while a really good song is not the one that my kids were singing in the back of our Mazda MPV. Of course, "Hakuna Matata" was a favorite, but "I Just Can't Wait to be King" was the go-to when we really needed a distraction via sing-a-long. There was something about it that had the whole car, yup adults included, singing along as Simba was laying out his plans for his kingly reign.
Knowing the movie, we all remember that Simba's plans didn't work out exactly as he had planned. That seems to be a fate held by kings who have grand ideas and conquests at the beginning of their reign only to see disaster loom ahead.
Israel had gone through the period of the judges and had come to the conclusion it was time for them to be like the nations around them and have a king. This was a direct reflection of the fact that they did not want to be obedient to the God who had brought them out of Egypt. They asked the prophet, Samuel, to intervene on their behalf to God and ask Him for a king to rule over them. Even after they were told how things would go down under the rule of a king, they demanded their own way. God chose Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin, as the first King of Israel.
By all human judgment, Saul was the right person to be chosen. He was tall and handsome. The Bible describes him as being the best-looking man in all of Israel (1 Samuel 9:2 NASB/AMP/KJV).
Saul was reluctant at first to become king. This attitude changed once he began to see that God was on his side. As long as Saul remained obedient and followed God's commands of leadership and battle, Saul's kingly reign flourished. But as we have seen time and again in our walk through the Bible, mankind usually decides that his way is better than God's way. Saul was no exception.
Saul had gone from having God's Spirit dwell in him at the times he needed it, to having that Spirit depart when he disobeyed. What replaced God's Spirit was something that would plague Saul the rest of his life as he sought out the destruction of those who helped him most and even went so far as to consult a medium/spiritist to get advice from Samuel who had died (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)).
Saul would go from being a popular king to being a mad tyrant who even sought to kill his own children. This is what disobedience will do. This is why repentance is so important. Saul never repented to God for his disobedience. Instead, he allowed arrogance to come in and take the place of where humbleness dwelt. He allowed ambition to take the place of willingness to serve the people of Israel. He allowed God's Spirit to depart and an evil spirit to come in. All of this happened because he wouldn't cry out to God, confess that he had sinned against God, and change his ways.
Saul's end was tragic. He killed himself on the battlefield as he saw that his sons had been killed and the battle was lost. All because he would not change.
What about you friend? Even if you have given your life to God through Jesus you have moments of disobedience. All of us do. Even the other Saul in the Bible whose name got changed to Paul said that the very things he hated he ended up doing. But God waits for you to confess that sin and turn away from it. Don't allow that sin to be the thing that creates dissension in your relationship with God.
If you haven't given your life to God through Jesus, you can today. Cry out to God. Have a conversation with Him. He's waiting. He will forgive. He will redeem and he will restore a relationship with you that He has been waiting to restore since you were born. Don't let your selfishness keep you from heaven. Don't let your ambition and arrogance get in the way of the life God has planned for you with Him. Today is the day. Make God the King of your life.
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving You,
randy
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