1 Samuel 9:7 Meaning and Explanation
“Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?”
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What Does 1 Samuel 9:7 Mean?
Saul is willing to go, but a practical difficulty stops him. It was customary to bring a gift when seeking out a man of God, and their bread is used up and they have nothing suitable to offer. Saul's question, what have we, is honest and a little anxious as he weighs whether they can rightly approach at all.
Saul senses that one does not come empty-handed before a holy errand, and his instinct to honor the prophet is right. Yet the gift we can bring is never what qualifies us to seek the Lord; what he asks is a willing and humble heart. God receives those who come with little, and often it is in our sense of having nothing that we are most ready to be given much.
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What does 1 Samuel 9:7 mean?
Saul hesitates because they have no gift to bring the man of God, their provisions being gone.