"It Was With God That He Acted"

 For Saul, that victory did not turn out as well as it did for Jonathan. Saul had made some grave mistakes. He obeyed Jehovah's appointed prophet Samuel by offering a sacrifice that the prophet, who was also a Levite, was supposed to offer. When Samuel arrived, he told Saul that because of such disobedience, his kingdom would not last. Then, when Saul sent his men into battle, he first put them under an ill-advised oath: "Cursed is the man who eats any food before the evening and until I have taken vengeance ony enemies!" - 1 SAMUEL 13:10-14; 14:24. 

Saul's words hint at sad change in the man. Was the humble spiritual man becoming an ambitious egotist? After all, Jehovah never directed that such an unreasonable restriction be put on those hardworking soldiers. And what about Saul's words; until I have taken vengeance on my enemies" -do they suggest that Saul thought that this war was all about him?  Was he forgetting that it was Jehovah's justice that mattered and not Saul's hunger for vengeance, glory or conquest? 

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