The spirit of Saul always sees things from their perspective and not God’s. It seeks to rationalize away any responsibility; measuring their sense of right and wrong based on their own paradigm (way of thinking) rather than what leadership actually requires of them. Be careful to not be a Saul, butrather, Paul. Two examples below.
PAUL:
“Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ…” Romans 1:1
“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4
SAUL:
“Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?” And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.” 1 Samuel 15:18-20
The spirit of Saul seeks not to fulfill God’s definition or leadership’s definition of the mission, but their own.
His Bondservant,
Pastor Al
