Perfect Timing

Today's passage of scripture once again comes from 1 Samuel. Saul has proved himself worthy to be King and so he is finally accepted by the people. Then Saul gets a bit too big for his boots, and decides to disobey God. He makes the offering to God instead of waiting for Samuel and so makes a big mistake.
The reason Saul does this is because Samuel is late and his men are afraid that God is not with them. How often do we rush ahead of God because of impatience? I know that I do. Its so easy to get ahead of what God wants because we think that we are doing the right thing, when actually all we are doing is what we want and not relying on God at all.
God wants to be part of our lives. If we go rushing ahead of his instructions then we are not going to get very far. All that will happen is we'll get our fingers burnt and egg on our faces.
Saul ended up in deep trouble because of his impatience. Let's not do the same - let's patiently come before God and allow him to work at his speed - his perfect timing!