A Tale of Two Kings part two

But at the first, Saul has desirable qualities. For instance, we see he is an obedient son. When told by his father to go out and look for his missing asses, he immediately obeys. He thinks he’s on a mundane task but God has other plans. We see in verse sixteen God has sent him to Samuel for a Divine appointment. When we are followers of Christ, our footsteps truly are ordered of the Lord. Sometimes a seeming annoyance or attack of the enemy is really God setting us up for a blessing. When Samuel informs Saul of his coming kingship ((9:20), he responds with real humility (9:21) and as we well know, God delights in exalting the humble.
In chapter ten, we see one of the pre-requisites for leadership in God’s kingdom, that is, the gift of prophecy. In verse nine, God gives him another heart and in verse ten, when he meets a company of prophets, the Spirit of God (the author of all prophecy), comes on him and he prophecies. Just like in Acts and just like today. So, if God didn’t have a prophet to rule them, he at least has a king that prophecies. In verse nineteen, Samuel reminds the people of the fact that they have rejected God AND STILL THEY WANT A KING! Don’t be too amazed at their obstinance and hard hearted rebellion for the church today has committed exactly the same sin. When they go to find Saul, he’s missing. Here we see a root-problem with Saul that eventually leads to his down fall – fear of man. This same problem plagues all churches where man is in charge. They heed and respect man’s voice and desires more than they do God’s. Saul should have echoed Gideon and said “the Lord shall rule over you” but instead, he over comes his shyness and accepts his place as king.
God did indeed choose him and we see in verses 26 & 27 a fact we must all deal with today – some will join with us, whose hearts God has touched, but the children of Belial will despise us (Acts 17:32 for example). We also see another fact in verse eleven, that when God’s people join together as one, under His anointed leadership, we can route our common enemy. Also, in verse thirteen, Saul forgives his enemies among the people, though those who were for him wanted to slay them. So far, things are going well. God has chosen him and is with him. For a season, God did work through denominations, He was found among them, but as we shall see, from this allegory, that moment has passed.