Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace.

From even to eternity, the Bible tells one big story of redemption.

My name is Tiffany, and I want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through the Bible chronologically.

Together, we will explore God's sovereign plan as the events of Scripture unfold and point to Jesus.

Hey friends, welcome back.

Tiffany here, and today we come to some very familiar chapters and often quoted verses.

As we take a look at first single chapters 15 through 17, we want to be sure to notice one of God's many attributes that stands out in chapter 15,

the contrast between Saul and the newly anointed David and the intentions of our heart.

We have a lot of ground to cover, so let's dive in.

In chapter 15, we read that Samuel came to anoint Saul as he was sent out by the Lord of armies to destroy the Amalakites.

Now think back to Exodus 17, when the newly freed from Egypt nation of Israel was attacked by the Amalakites in the wilderness.

God had not forgotten this offense, and even tucked in amidst Moses's final address to the nation of Israel in Deuteronomy 25-19, it says,

When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you, in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven, do not forget.

The time had come for the Amalakites to be blotted out, and the Lord's instruction was clear, completely destroy everything.

But Saul was disobedient, he didn't kill the Amalakite king, and he and his men plundered the animals.

Not only was Saul disobedient, he made excuses for his disobedience when confronted by Samuel.

Saul deflected, he blamed, and he twisted the commands of God to fit his own agenda.

He even tried to provide a quote-unquote good reason for his disobedience by stating he was going to bring the plundered animals as a sacrifice.

Samuel reminds Saul in verse 32, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of ramps.

Saul's blatant disobedience led to God's rejection of Saul as king.

We even read earlier in the chapter that God regretted making Saul king.

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