Why did God say that David was “a man after mine own heart?” “And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.” Acts 13:22.
Several years before David was born, God said something to Saul through the prophet Samuel. “But now the Kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.” I Samuel 3:14.
God made it clear to Saul that his kingdom would not continue. Why? King Saul’s self will. His self will got him in a position to not have his kingdom continue.
“Saul waited seven days, according to the set time Samuel had appointed. But Samuel had not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from Saul.” I Samuel 13:8. King Saul and the prophet Samuel made arrangements to meet at Gilgal in seven days. Samuel was a little late getting there, and King Saul was upset that he was late. Things were going a little crazy with the people so King Saul thought, “I’ve got to do something!” He couldn’t wait. I’m sure he was thinking, “Somebody’s got to be in control. Somebody’s got to take charge!” What lost the kingdom for King Saul is that he would not wait on God and see what He wanted.
The theme for this year is Say What The Father Tells You To Say. John 12:50 “And I know that this commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, I speak.” We must say and do only what the Father tells us to say and do. We must wait on God and not make the same mistake that King Saul did.
“So Saul said, bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering (which he was forbidden to do). And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.” I Samuel 13:9-10.
King Saul would not wait and intruded into the Prophet or the Priest’s office and sacrificed a burnt offering. The moment King Saul finished the sacrifice the Prophet Samuel appeared.
The thing I see out of this is that King Saul could not be patient and wait. We need to obey God and do the following three things: 1) Obey God; 2) Be Patient; and 3) Wait on God in times of need; we would then see God do great things.
Why do you think God has blessed me and brought me to this Esther moment. “Then Mordecai told them to return this answer to Esther, Do not flatter yourself that you shall escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?” Esther 4:13-14.
Where we are at is an Esther moment for New Creations, our leadership, and for your Pastor Tim Cummings. This is, again, our time if we will just: 1) Wait on God; 2) Be patient that God is going to lead me and us; 3) Obey what God is going to do and is doing in our lives and in Pastor Tim’s life.
That’s the reason King Saul lost his position, because he did not do those three things. God rejected King Saul as King and as leader. “And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down from upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.” I Samuel 13:11-12.
Saul had two lame excuses that the people were scattered from him, and the Prophet Samuel was not there to help. King Saul was disobedient to God, he did not wait on God, and he was not patient that God would move and do something to keep the people from scattering.
Saul had no patience to let God do what was best. Saul had no obedience to see what and how God wanted it done. Saul would not wait on God. King Saul’s excuses and failures, is his justification of what he did, and his necessity drove him not to be patient, wait, or obey God. King Saul was cold to God, his impatience, his zeal for what he thought best, his self-sufficient in mind, his carnal conduct, and his fear of the future made him disobey and disrespect God by not waiting and lose it because of not being patient.
I Samuel 13:13-14 “And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.”
By Bishop Timothy W. Cummings
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