which I hear (I Samuel 15:14)?
12
Saul gave what he thought was
a reasonable answer: The people
spared the best of the sheep and
of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God; and the rest we
have utterly destroyed (I Samuel
15:15). That was not God’s thought.
When you act on the wrong
thoughts, you will try to justify your
disobedience. You will think you are
right when you are completely wrong.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD
as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the LORD? Behold,
to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of
rams. For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is
as iniquity and idolatry. Because
thou hast rejected the word of
the LORD, he hath also rejected
thee from being king (I Samuel
15:22,23).
Disobedience Leads to
Destruction
Saul’s disobedience showed that
God could not trust him to be an
instrument He could use, so God
chose David to take Saul’s place
because he had a heart for the Lord.
When you don’t use your talents
for the Lord, He will give them to
someone else.
The Bible says, The Spirit of the
LORD departed from Saul, and an
evil spirit from the LORD troubled
him (I Samuel 16:14). When you
don’t obey the Lord, the Spirit will
depart from you too. That is why it’s
so important for you to put God first
no matter what is going on in your
life. Being prayed up and having a
fresh anointing from the Lord each
day will make a big difference.
When the Spirit left Saul,
depression and jealousy set in; and
he eventually committed suicide.
What a sad ending for Saul. God
had chosen him to be the first king
of Israel, but he died a failure in the
Lord. Just because you are chosen by
God to do a great task doesn’t mean
you can’t fail. Wherefore let him
that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall (I Corinthians
10:12).
Give Your Heart to Jesus
If you are a child of God today,
He wants you to have the vision
for lost souls; so He can use you to
help bring in the final harvest. He
wants you to have divine humility in
everything you do for the Lord, and
He wants you to have the nine fruits
of the Spirit working in your life. He
wants you to pray, fast and live in
the Word. He wants you to have the
mind of Christ, so He can use you in
any way He wants to; and He wants
to feed your soul the right things.
If you will take this message to
heart and are willing to be used by
God, He will use you in a great way.
However, if you are not born again,
the first thing you need to do is
accept Jesus Christ into your heart.
Pray the sinner’s prayer on pages 5
and 6 of this magazine right now and
begin your journey with the Lord.