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There are decisions that set the course of life. If you back, you will see that certain decisions became hinge points that changed the course of your life. There are decisions you will make in the future that will also set the course.

How do you choose well so that the course of your life is the path of greatest blessing? You can’t choose all the things that come in life. You can’t choose all your battles, sometimes you must take what lies in the course before you. How you respond and how you choose will set the course.

And though you cannot always choose your battles and you cannot always choose the things that come in life, there are many decisions you choose that set the course.

God gives principles in His word to guide you in the course of life, so that you choose well and live in the place of greatest blessing and favor, even if life is hard and troubles come you never expected. There are challenges ahead and God’s Holy Spirit and God’s word and God’s principles will guide you.

Saul was inaugurated as the first king of Israel. The course of his life was set by that calling. But he had a part in how he would live out that calling. The decisions he made would determine whether he would build a legacy of a king that did good and right or a man whose decisions cost him dearly.

Israel had rejected God as their king and demanded to be like the nations around them with a king over them as well. God gave Israel a man after their own heart, someone who was head and shoulders taller than other men and more handsome than any man in Israel.

God also gave Saul everything he needed to stay on course. He strengthened his unbelief by giving him many confirmations of the Word of God. He anointed him with the Holy Spirit and even allowed him to prophesy with the prophets of Israel.

God gave Samuel everything he needed for life and godliness, to stay on the course, to live out his calling well.

Unfortunately, Saul’s decisions became turning points in his life. Wrongful decisions altered his course. At one point, Saul grew impatient waiting for Samuel who was to come at the end of seven days and offer a sacrifice and peace offering.

Saul took matters in his own hands and assumed the priestly office. Wrong decision. It altered his course. Samuel responded, “Now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Here in chapter 15, Saul has another opportunity to demonstrate obedience to the Lord. Saul did not do well. He is veering off course. It’s a life lesson of the importance of being faithful and true and walking the course of this life honoring God with every decision and every point of turning.

I. Build on the Foundation of His Word

 The Amalekites attacked Israel as they were crossing through the desert after leaving Egypt. They attacked from the rear, killing all who were straggling behind, mothers with infants, the elderly, and the weak and the lame.

 God instructed Moses that when Israel had entered the Promised Land, this issue must be settled; never forget what they did to Israel, God said.

 That mission was given to Saul, but he did not obey what God had said. He spared Agag, the king of the Amalekites, as well as the best of the sheep, oxen, lambs, and all that was good.

 At first, Saul was glad to see Samuel, “Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.” He thought he did, but he didn’t.

 “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?” Samuel said.

 If only he had carried out the command of the Lord. That phrase ‘carried out’ in the Hebrew means to ‘establish’ God’s word in your life.

A. Those who are wise --- build

 If you carry out God’s word, if you establish His word in your life, that is wisdom. And those who are wise will build their lives upon it.

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