How are you committing spiritual suicide by telling your own story according to your own wisdom and desires? How will you remind yourself of the story God is telling in human history as revealed in His word? How can you be more committed to telling others His story?

What things other than Jesus have you made “King” in your life? How has God shaken your security and joy in these things by taking them away or proving how fragile they may be?  What ways has this proven difficult for you? What ways have you grown through this?

How are you like Saul?  How does seeing Saul’s tragic humiliation remind you of your sin and weakness?  How does the judgment of Saul remind you of the judgment you have faced in Jesus at the cross?