Saul, Anoited Yet Without Character

A man who was led by his fears and insecurities and unable to trust God fully for his calling and his destiny. That's King Saul. When called by Samuel, he replied, " Am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? Why did you say such a thing of me?" When it was time to be installed as the first King of Israel, he was found hiding among the baggage. When his army was hard pressed, he felt compelled to offer burnt offering when human help (Samuel) did not appear. When instructed to destroy the Amalekites, he obeyed God but only partially. He pounced on the plunder which appealed to his eyes.

Saul is certainly not an evil man who outrightly sin against God. However his life was motivated by insecurities, and his actions led by his own wisdom. The lack of trust in God caused him to stumble from fulfilling the destiny which God has for him.

David, The Giant of Faith

"Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he defied the armies of the living God."

"The lord who delievered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."

"You have come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied."

Out from an overflow the heart, the mouth speaks. Such are the bold exlaimations of David the sherperd boy. What a stark difference comparing King Saul and King David. King David simply have the audacity and faith in God who led him through the various trials in his life! God called david a man after his own heart and the lord was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

How often we yearn for the calling and anoiting of GOd that will lead us to our destiny? Are we ready, truely ready for God to use us as his godly vessels, with character of david and not Saul, with faith and trust. Not faith in our faith or faith in ourselves or faith in a easy solution, or in money, or in any human help, but faith in God! Indeed faith and trust in GOd is so important that either make or break our destiny in Him.