Yahweh has chosen a king for Israel - Saul, son of Kish.
He provides him with both personal and public signs confirming his calling.
Yet, Saul hides from what the LORD is calling him to be for his mission.
Rather than step forward in faith, in weakness he hides.Often in our own lives we are full of weakness and sin and hide from God’s calling on our lives.
What Israel needed, and what we need, is God’s true king who never hid from doing God’s will - even when that led to his own death for the sins of his people.