At the end of Samuels speech reminding the people of what God has done for them in the past and how they rejected Him in demanding a human king, the people recognise their sin and cry out for Samuel to pray for them. He responds with an interesting little bit of information about idols: "Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless." (v22). That's the thing with idols, they don't confront you with your sin, they don't ask for repentance, but when you recognise how broken you are, they also can't offer any help. Samuel tells the people not to be afraid, not because they haven't done anything wrong (he reaffirms the fact they have done evil in the same sentence!) but because God is good. We have sinned, but god is good. That's the gospel, and if we miss half of it, we've missed the full thing.
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