Focusing Leaders

"Then the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul, and he became very angry."

When God works in our lives, when he speaks to us, he also moves us. We feel what he feels. Relationship with God is not just an intellectual exercize, but it engages our whole being. When he changes our thoughts and perspectives and values, he also changes our feelings. As we begin to look at our lives and the world and others as God sees them, we begin feeling the way he does. Sometimes it is intuitive and not a conscious decision. But we can be aware of what we are experiencing and ask ourselves, "Is this from the Lord, or from my own personality and culture?"

Here we also see that Saul's godly reaction was confirmed by the response of the people. "And the LORD made the people afraid of Saul's anger, and all of them came out together as one."

Father, I give you my heart along with my mind and will. Please have your way with me today, shape me to see things the way you do, and change my heart to care about what you care about.