It is amazing to me that the things we see as insignificant are glaring to the eye that sees everything in the entire past, present, and future of the whole world.

God gave King Saul a very specific directive in

1 Samuel 15:3 ” Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”

Saul gets to Amalek and makes an executive change decision.  In essence, Saul says, “Let’s destroy all the worthless things/people and save all the good animals and people (like the king, “Agag”)  He uses human thinking and reasoning and actually thinks his idea is better than God’s.

When Samuel catches up to the army, Saul says, “Hey, what’s up Samuel…I did what you said and destroyed everything.”  Then, Samuel says something that gives me chills every time I read it.

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