There are kings chosen by man, and those chosen by God. When man makes a choice without consideration from God, it leaves room for the enemy to appeal to the flesh. With the flesh come ego, boasting, and lack of humility.
For all that it is in the world, the lust the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. We are not to love the world, nor the things that are within the world. Surely, if we love the things of the world, the love of the father is not in us.
When man doesn’t consult God for guidance, we can be led by the lust of our fleshy ways, which will result in God departing from us. God is not a man that he will do anything against His own nature. Evil spirits can often trouble kings that are chosen by men. Materially rich, spiritually empty vessels of worldly iniquity. For man looks on the outward appearance but God looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 8:7
“7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
When we seek to do a thing, and God is not sought, the spirit of God will allow you to carry on to your own detriment.
1Samuel 9:1-2
“Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.”
1Samuel 9:15-17
“15 Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
Saul was considered to be the most handsome man in Israel. Therefore his outward appearance may have been a consideration by those in Israel. There was no other taller in stature than Saul. After God allowed Saul to be king, He instructed His Prophet, Samuel to have Saul destroy the nation of Amalek and all of the Amalekite people and their livestock. Instead, Saul decided to select the best of the Amalekite people’s livestock to keep, and allowed their king to live.
Samuel told Saul:
1 Samuel 15:18-21
“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.”
1 Samuel 15:23
“23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”
1Samuel 16:14-23
“But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.
15 And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.”