“And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.” 1Sam 15:24
If God has cut you off, it’s often because you handed him the scissors. Saul’s ultimate sin that removed him from being king of Israel was due him for trying to please a people instead of God. Interesting to consider that while God’s power was responsible for placing him, Saul was now seeking the people to promote him. Sadly today man is apt to invest more time in a social app for approval and encouragement than they do in the bible seeking God’s. Don’t get caught up in what man applauds rather than what God approves. The confusion for many comes in gain (approval, worth, power) they seek by their choices. Sadly what Saul ultimately desired was human/flesh desires by way of man’s applause and approval. Instead the true worth we have to gain in seeking God comes in what we lose… pride, ego, greed, jealousy, selfishness along with insecurity, depression and ultimately death. The answer to our purpose is not in what we gain, but lose: which ultimately is our gain!
The applause you live for is the loneliness you have to live with when it stops. (vs 35)
HSAY… Todd
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