People Pleasing

July 19, 2007

Yesterday we looked at the end of Saul's life. Today let's look at how he got started.

1Sa 9:2 ASV
(2) And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

Notice the description of him. The word means that he was handsome. He was probably the guy that would have been on all the entertainment news magazine covers in his day (if they had them of course). And he was tall, taller than everyone else.

We as humans look on these outward appearances as what is good. God does not. He wants to know what is in the heart. As we go along, we will see that Saul had his good moments, but he was not always searching out for what God wanted. He was a person who tried to please the people.

Let's use him as an example of things not to do for now. Do we try to keep people happy, or do we try to keep God happy? We can do both, one though, has to take a priority.

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