And Samuel said, “What have you
done?” (v.11)
In today's text, King Saul learned the high cost of disobedience. He faced
the prospect of fighting a huge well-equipped Philistine army with his small
band of frightened and untrained followers. While waiting for Samuel to come
and offer a sacrifice before going to battle, Saul became impatient and offered
the sacrifice himself, even though he knew that God had given that right only
to the priests. It was a costly mistake.
Saul had begun his reign with humility and compassion, and he
gave God the credit (1 Samuel 11). And the prophet Samuel told him that God
would have kept the kingship in his family if he had obeyed God's command
(13:13-14). But that one act of disobedience changed the course of his life.
From that point on, it was a sad downhill journey.
Never
forget that disobedience has consequences. And some of them may be very costly.
The Truth
“For as by
one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s
obedience many will be made righteous.” (Romans 5:19)
