Saul was scared. He wasn't allowed to offer the burnt offering, but he saw the people starting to waver, and in the heat of the moment, he decided to do what he thought made the most sense, ignoring the command from God. Under pressure, he thought God was too distant, too hard to see, and so he chose to ignore God and follow his own senses.
Unfortunately, those senses led him astray. He failed the test. He was called to wait, to trust in God, to learn how to depend on God, despite worldly signs indicating trouble, but he couldn't. He only could trust in his own abilities.
This test lands in our lap from time to time. Can we learn to trust in God, even if it looks like God won't come through. God is ultimately reliable, and eternally dependable, even if God doesn't always answer our prayers the way that we want God to do so. We still are called to trust in God. Our own senses will fail and betray us... but God never will.
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