Wednesday July 15th, 2026
« For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south »
8 Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away.
9 So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.
10 Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him,
11 but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?” Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
12 So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven’t even asked for the Lord’s help!’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
13 “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
14 But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”
Why you should speak in tongues
There are different types of promotions.
When a human being promotes you, don’t rejoice too much because it is temporary.
However, when God promotes you, you are really promoted.
Even though you become the president of a country like America, you can only hold the position for a maximum of eight years.
- When man promotes, it is temporary; only God gives real promotion that no one can interfere with.
Since we know now that the only way to really make progress in life is to be promoted by God, then we need to find out His criteria for promotion.
God promoted David from being a shepherd boy to becoming the king of Israel for one simple reason – David was sold out to the will of God, Acts 13:22.
David was not a man to argue with God.
With David, God’s wish was his command.
The reason God gave Jesus a name that is above every other is what He said in John 4:34:
«…My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work »
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus wished the cup of suffering for the sins of the world could be taken away from Him,
but He said to God, “Not my will but yours be done”, Luke 22:42.
When Jesus was teaching His disciples to pray in Matthew 6:10CEV, one of the prayer points He mentioned was:
« Come and set up your kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey you, as you are obeyed in heaven »
God wants His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Therefore, when He sees someone willing to do His will, He promotes that individual to a position of authority.
If God promotes somebody because the individual started in humility and submission to Him, but along the line begins to disregard His instructions,
that person would be demoted immediately.
That is what happened to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:24-28.
Saul started out well, but somewhere in-between, he preferred to please the people over doing God’s will.
Some people have been asking God to promote them, but they have no regard for His will.
Promotion will only come when you surrender completely to God’s will.
Application – If you truly want to be promoted by God, then you must be sold out to doing His will.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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