The Recall Vote Is On!

In 1998 (and for some reason again in 2002), California elected Gray Davis as the Governor of California. While in office though, he ended up making many poor decisions for our state, some of which led to an energy crisis and a budget problem. As a result the people in California were outraged. So in 2003 (not even a year into his second term) the people in California voted to recall (or fire) Gray Davis. California rejected him as their governor and held another election to replace him. Interesting side note. this is how action movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger came to be Governor of California.

Recalls don't happen all the time, in fact there has only been one other in US history. Where other recalls might deserved to happen, there was one recall didn't deserve to happen. The one who was recalled made no mistake, but his people recalled him all the same. I am talking about how the Israelites recalled God as their king. Though they gave other poor, unfair, false reasons to recall God, ultimately they wanted a human king so that they would, "...be like all the other nations, with a king to lead [them] and go out before [them] and fight [their] battles," (which FYI, God was already doing). All junior high students are welcome to join us tomorrow night as we read 1 Samuel 8-12 and look at how Israel rejected & recalled God as their king, as well as find out who they got to replace God as their king.