Saul as a Successful Leader

Saul was a great leader. Every enemy he came against he won. This is exactly what Samuel told the Israelites would happen. However, like a lot of us Christians, we can tend to think we are doing right by God but in reality we are running our lives by fear of the world there by living for the world not God and not even realizing it. Saul did the same thing here and unfortunatly Samuel as well as God was very displeased with him.

I can think of many many of things I do that are of this world not for God. But on the opposite hand I can thinks of 100's of things I do for God. It is finding that happy medium and making sure that we are constantly seeking God on everything we do.

I can only repeat what Samuel said here to Saul. "Doe the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?" Wow those words are fantastic!

Sometimes we can get caught up in ding for the Lord and if we step back for just a moment we may realize that maybe we are not obeying the Lord! Not to say what we are doing, is bad, but sometimes we can get in the routine of our mission that we tend to forget to look to the Lord for permission. Yes, our actions say allot, but sometimes we can go through the motions of looking good as a Christian but our hearts are not in obedience. Get it????