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Among many other events in this book of history, 1 Chronicles 10 records the death of Saul, the first king of Israel.
Saul had so much potential! He was tall and handsome (1 Sam. 9:2), had some humility about him (1 Sam 9:21), and more importantly he was the one the Lord had chosen (1 Sam. 10:24).
And yet, Saul disobeyed God and lost the Lord’s support. In his descent into madness and evil, Saul tried to kill David multiple times, and eventually was wounded in a battle with the Philistines to such an extent that Saul committed suicide to keep from being captured.
There is a huge lesson in this to us all. When we focus on self and ignore obedience to God, we will always end up going the wrong direction!
Matt Clifton
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