Saul was given a task from God. He was to bring justice, without any gain for himself, upon an enemy of the nation. All he had to do was obey. But he hasn’t. His heart has led him astray to behave more like the worldly king he set out to defeat: boasting in himself, grabbing what isn’t his to take. He has become an envious and greedy leader, who blames others for failure whilst excusing himself. He will lose what he has. We can be so easily deceived our the sins of our heart. We must ask the Lord to save us from them.
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A monumental failure