When Saul was first approached by Samuel before he was made the first king of Israel he responded by asking why Samuel would speak to him as though he had value since he was the least of his family that was in the least tribe of Israel. But despite Saul being of low importance in the society he was born into, God had chosen him to do great things. God placed a high value on Saul. Later, after he had been made king, Saul became puffed up with pride and full of self-importance. He forgot that he had seen himself as little and that it was only by the hand of God that he had been made more. Because he began to live for himself and not God and act like he had gotten to his position on his own merit he was removed from the throne and replaced by another.
The lesson we can learn from Saul is two-fold. First, it doesn't matter how we or society view us or what happened in our past. If God calls us to do something, He can qualify us and make it happen. But once He does, we must remember that on our own we could never have qualified. We must maintain a servant's heart, full of submission and gratitude to the God who called us and gave us the grace and strength to do what He called us to do. Our qualifications before and after have little to nothing to do with our abilities and everything to do with a willing and surrendered heart. As long as we keep that heart we can be of service to God. Once we lose it, God will have to look for someone else. By having a heart that responds to God we will always be qualified to be used by Him.
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