Where’s the White Out? // Marked (Part 1) – Pastor Michael Todd – Transformation Church

Some Exits are Destined, Others are Disqualifications

• The reason why Saul wasn’t the king God wanted him to be was because he disqualified himself. Saul was supposed to be what King David was “supposed” to be, marked by God to be the first king of Israel, but Saul disqualified himself.
  • When men and women of God do not do what God calls them to do fully on their life, God will not negate His plans for your negligence. He [God] will give you opportunity after opportunity to humble yourself and return to Him, but if you harden your heart, He’ll have to go to somebody else.
  • The reason why we’re marked is not because we’re so great, but because God wants something done on this Earth.

Your Entrance is Somebody Else’s Exit

• Sometimes it’s destined; God divinely orchestrating your life
  • Sometimes you’re disqualifying yourself and that leads to your exit

Saul was Marked

• 1 Samuel 9:17: When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “That’s the man I told you about! He will rule my people.”
  • God doesn’t look at your past, He looks at your future. You just have to allow him into your present
  • God marks people to a permanent calling, but people can disqualify themselves. When this happens, God has to say “Where’s the white out?”
    • God takes the anointing off the person but Saul still rules. You can still be in position without God’s approval.
      • Without God’s approval, you’ll have stress, anxiety, etc. in your position, which doesn’t come from God.
  • God called Saul but he didn’t know the value of his call. Do you know the value of your call?
    • Look, read, and memorize Romans 8:28
      • Romans 8:28:And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.

The Things that “Whites You Out” from God’s Calling

1.) Your Own View of Yourself

• Saul’s response of “But I’m only …” discredits the power of God and what He can do in your life
• God never asks you to be qualified to do the calling, God just wants you to answer the call because once you do that, He will qualify you.
• Saul never recalibrated his thinking. His “But I’m only …” inferiority complex followed him into his reign.

2.) Pride of Position

• “Pride goes before the fall.”  – This reigns true for Lucifer as well as Paul
  • 1 Samuel 13:7-14: Some of them crossed the Jordan River and escaped into the land of Gad and Gilead. Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear. Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself. Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him, but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?” Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle. So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven’t even asked for the Lord’s help!’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.” “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.
    • Because Saul has so much pride in his position and because he was insecure about losing his position in front of his troops, he did the burnt offerings by himself.
      • Saul (and us) can get so impatient, even though God is so close. We let our fear and loss aversion control our actions instead of letting God be first.

3.) Partial Obedience (Which is Disobedience)

• God gave Saul 42 years (Saul’s reign after disobedience) to repent and obey
  • Throughout Saul’s reign, Saul did all God commands except …
    • This attitude led God to regret choosing Saul as king

4.) Comparison of Callings

• Samuel 18:7-10: This was their song: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands!” This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!” So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David. The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand …
  • Saul was so obsessed with comparing his calling to David’s, he incorrectly prioritizes and blinds himself from his position with God.

We All Got Some Saul

• 2 Peter 3:9: The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
  • God doesn’t want to white out anybody. Your disobedience disqualifies you from your mark, but repentance remarks you.

Tinsai Worke

Hi! My name is Tinsai Worke, but you can just call me Tina. I am a young, devoted Christian and a part-time note-taker for different online sermons.

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