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"Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." (1 Samuel 15:1-3)In this 15th chapter of 1 Samuel, we read the account of the prophet Samuel, with the Word of the LORD for a sermon, directing king Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites. The Amalekites, you'll recall, had laid an ambush for the despised Israelites when they had made their exodus from Egypt. For the Amalekites, it was now time to pay the piper.Saul and his army had the Amalekites on the run, but we find once again Saul refusing to obey the Word of the LORD. The command to "utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not" went unheeded by Saul and the people. The life of King Agag was spared, and the choicest of their enemy's goods were confiscated.When Samuel, the man of God, had heard of this through the LORD, he arose and met with Saul and had to listen to Saul's false testimony as to why he had not performed the commandment of the LORD. But Samuel saw through Sauls lame excuses and boldly announced in verse 28, "The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou."25 years later, the Spirit of GOD puts the finishing touches on what Samuel had said. Saul had been slain in the battle with the Philistines. In II Samuel 1:1-16, we hear of the story of a man of the Amalekites coming to David with how he had found Saul leaning upon his spear ready to give up the ghost and go the way of all flesh. At Sauls request, the young man stood over him and put Saul out of his misery.Saul had failed to utterly destroy the Amalekites and now, after being wounded in the battle with the Philistines, we find him being utterly and finally destroyed by a people that he had failed to put away.Whenever I read and compare these two accounts, my mind goes to Hebrews 12:1b "...let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us," Sauls pride and disobedience spelled his ultimate doom as surely as it will ours.Friends, oh that we would just trust and obey the commands in God's Word, for as sure as chickens come home to roost; disobedience to the Word of God will come whirling back like a boomerang dealing destruction, death, and ultimately damnation!