1 Samuel 14:52
There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he attached him to himself.
Tag: Leadership and Follower-ship
Saul is turning out to be a terrible king. In the next chapter, specifically, he will actually see God remove him from the positional power of the king. He is becoming self-centered and self-indulging. Although he starts with the Spirit of God empowering him, he will end with the spirit of man controlling him. He starts out in faith, realizing that "God has done a great thing in Israel" ...
1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.”
... but ends creating a monument to himself:
1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.”
The above verse is a transition verse to see that Saul begins to trust in God less and less and begins to trust in his army more and more. Latter when we see God select young David to be king we will read that God looks on the inside, while man looks on the outside. In the above text we see that Saul was looking on the outside to build his army. He forgot to look on the inside. This is the death of Saul (spiritually and in regard to leadership). Saul's leadership falls when he starts to rely on follower-ship over the Lordship of God!.
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