FINISHING THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

THE MESSAGE:

Because of his disobedience concerning the Amalekite mission, the Lord greatly regretted that The had made Saul king. Semuel went to Gilgel to confront Saul who claimed that he had performed the commandment of the Lord. But when Semuel asked Saul about the noises coming from the animals which he heard, Saul confessed that he had allowed the people to bring them to sacrifice to the Lord. Samuel rebuked Seul for disobeying God’s command by bringing Amalek’s King. Agag and some animals back. As Samuel wanted to leave, Saul held his robe and it tore. At that Samuel informed Saul that God had torn the kingdom of Israel from him. At Seul’s insistence, Samuel remained for Soul to worship the Lord. But Samuel killed Agag in Gilgal and returned home to Ramah. Saul’s partial obedience was counted as disobedience by God, so Samuel had to finish the destruction of Agag that Saul spared.

Which of God’s businesses have you left unfinished? God may have told you to do something and you have not fully complied. Confess your sinful act and go on to complete your God-given task. Do you have any unfinished business in your home, school, church or office? Stand now and finish it!

PRAYER: Help me dear Father; to finish what I have started.