Listen to them and give them a king

1 Samuel 8:1-22
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”
But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.
And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you, they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
History repeats itself, and Samuel's sons turn out little better than Eli's. Their bribery and corruption provide the people with a ready-made excuse to lobby the ageing Samuel for a king, like the nations around.
Samuel feels rejected and resists. But God advises Samuel to hear them out. In truth, it is not the prophet who is rejected but the whole concept of theocracy. And they must be warned of the consequences. Samuel spares them nothing. They have only to look at their neighbour states to see that having a king means conscription, forced labour, taxation, and loss of personal liberty. But even this does not deter them.
Why?
Following the Lord is a personal relationship between us and God. Even Samuel is following the Lord but his sons didn't.
Reject the prophet means reject the Lord, so people like to live like other countries. They like the feature of outside but did not care the back of their cost will be their burden,
But the Lord agrees their way and give them a king, even it is not good to them, but God has his way to these people.
How?
All of us are sinners, but most of us do not know it. May my way and my mine could be holy and follow with the Lord.