The Bible in a very interesting way in the First Book of Samuel and in the First Book of Chronicles confronts the rise of the young David and the fall of Saul, King of Israel. The Bible teaches us that fools are abandoned to their foolishness and those who fear the Lord with their heart are blessed. The fear of God, a spiritual gift that never abandoned David, is defined as constancy, firmness, devotion, and stability; for this gift, the relationship with God and the spiritual life of man begins: "Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in obedience to him" Psalm 128:1.
But Saul, who at the beginning of his reign had received the blessing of the Lord, made a common mistake in powerful men, to fear men more than God, and about this, the Bible affirms: "Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God" Deuteronomy 1:17. And this in the daily life of common people is not something strange, this sin appears when we want to agree with others at all costs regardless of anything else, not even the law of God and the teaching of the prophets.
And this sin together with practices related to idolatry, such as consulting fortune tellers and necromancers, of which Saul had made use when consulting a medium in Endor, is what leads man to the rebellion and the unfaithfulness to God. And so, with the fall of Saul and the coronation of David, a teaching was fulfilled: "For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction" Psalm 1:6.
The Bible tells us with a simple reflection of the reasons for the end of Saul and his family, after the defeat of the Israelites before the Philistine forces on Mount Gilboa:
"Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse" 1 Chronicles 10:13-14.
