In 1 Samuel 10:1, we read of Saul's anointing as king by Samuel the prophet. The prophet told Saul that three thing would happen to him to confirm Samuel's action.
1. The donkeys that Saul had set out to look for would be found.
2. Three men would meet Saul at the tree at Tabor and offer him two loaves of bread that he was to eat.
3. At Gibeah, Saul would meet a procession of prophets and he to would join them in prohecying. His heart would be changed that day.
And so it was, we read, "As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day." (1 Samuel 10:9)
Saul was also given a fourth directive by the Lord's prophet, Samuel. "Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do." (1 Samuel 10:8)
A few chapters later, we find Saul waiting for Samuel to come to Gilgal. Finally, after seven days of waiting and still no arrival of Samuel, Saul took the matter into his own hands and offered the sacrifice (1 Samuel 13).
The lesson we can learn here is that we can negate the heart change that God works within us by our own selfish actions. Self-centeredness, pride and fear works against what God does in the heart. God desires obedience over our sacrifice of offerings.
13 "You acted foolishly," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord's command." (1 Samuel 13:13-14)
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