King Saul from The Bible was a brave and powerful ruler, with several fruitful accomplishments. Here’s one: Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, to the east of Egypt. He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he destroyed. But even the king of the Israelites has his moments. For example, there was a time where God looked at a city that opposed the Israelites and said that it was time to destroy it.
So, Saul took his men and destroyed it-almost. God saw that Saul had taken some of the livestock and gold in the city for himself, so The Lord removed himself from Saul’s presence for the remainder of his life. But why was he given such a harsh punishment for just taking some stuff with him? Well, he wasn’t punished for that. Saul was punished for disobeying a direct order from God himself. God told him very specifically to destroy everything in the town and kill everybody, but instead Saul took everything he fancied and just destroyed the shrimpy animals and the pieces of junk. Saul "Deliberately disobeyed him."
This might have been because Saul had a false sense of superiority. Did anybody else notice the chilling moment where Saul said, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”? Notice how he put it: YOUR GOD. He didn't say "Our God." He might have thought that he was the king, thus he could do whatever he wanted. This is a fatal flaw in humanity: When put in a position of power, they overestimate their authority and do something dumb. Saul thought that he could alter what God told him to do, and this is why God removed himself from Saul's presence. The moral lesson that we can learn from Saul disobeying The Lord is that no matter how powerful you are on this world, you still are not even a billion miles away from the power and authority of God.
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