8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. 10 They put his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. 13 And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. (I Samuel 31)
Sorry to resemble your local newspaper on a Sunday morning. Bad headlines. Who and what people were hoping in to save them are now dead and disgraced. But out of the ashes, there is hope. There is hope because the people are fasting and seeking God. "What do we do now? Where to we go? Who will lead us?" Those are great questions, often brought out of despair, that bring us to back to God. However low you or we may seem today - and even if we feel like we are in a freefall and have not hit bottom yet - there is hope. Humbly seek God. Get serious about following Him. Don't make it a passing cry, but a persistent practice. Trust in Him.
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