REJECTED?
1 Samuel 15

King Saul, anointed by Samuel to be the king over the children of Israel, disobeyed the Word of God and that made God declare to him, through Samuel, “I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night. (1 Samuel 15:11) God’s regret over Saul resulted to Saul’s rejection as the king for the children of Israel. For a long time, Saul continued to be the king for the children of Israel, before every man and woman, while he was no longer a king, but a rejected vessel before God. Saul disobeyed God when he made a choice to walk in his own way outside of God’s way. God commanded Saul, “Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:3) Saul did not dispute God’s command, but he went and disrupted God’s plan and purpose to punish the Amalek. God regretted setting up Saul as the king because of his disobedience. To disobey God’s command is turning your back on God. To stop following God’s command is the avenue to fall from grace. Whatever you have heard from Him needs to be carefully obeyed, before becoming rejected by God. Despite the fact that Saul had been rejected, he remained as king without God’s presence and while he was king, the Word says, “But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.” (1 Samuel 16:14) Saul, the anointed king by God, no longer carried the presence of God, yet he remained to be king for the people of God. God is not a rusher, and He will always go by His timing, not by the timing or the feeling of man. It is possible to make the work of God look good by investing time, energy, and money. It is also possible for the job to be attractive to the multitude, or good in numbers, the question is: Can God be found in the good work that you are doing? Anointing in place is not evidence to the presence of God. Disobedience is evil; it is a great sin, a demonstration of the lack of fear for the Lord. Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”God does not overlook sin; He will act at His appointed time.
Prayer for Today: Father I ask in the name of Jesus for your deliverance and preservation of my life from every walk of sin and iniquities.