God was not impressed with Saul’s apology and took his kingdom from him. He was sorry he got caught but not humble enough to truly admit his wrong. Still, he blamed his wrongdoing on a desire to please the people. Saul at first denied any wrongdoing but, when pressed, admitted he had sinned against God.
He disobeyed a direct command from the Lord, and Samuel confronted him. King Saul gave us an example of an insufficient apology. Would you please forgive me? How can I make this right?” I know I hurt you and I am sorry that I did. A real apology sounds something more like this: “I was wrong to _.
Those little errors, done without evil intent, are easy to apologize for with an “I’m sorry.”īut when we have truly wronged someone,when you have intently spewed words to degrade or belittle someone that person needs us to validate the pain we caused. There are times when we accidentally bump into someone or say something we shouldn’t. Many times simply saying “I’m sorry” is not a full apology because it does not take into account the level of wrong done. James 4:10 says, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will exalt you.” Apologizing humbles us by reminding us that we are not perfect and we need forgiveness from God and from other people.Īnd here is a newsflash that I am sure we also don’t want to accept. Our apology should first and foremost be done because of the relationship we have with God, because we respect His Word as true.Īpologizing is part of seeking humility, and humility is a character quality God holds in high esteem. Even if an incident occurs and each of you owe the other an apology, those of us who say we serve the King of Kings should apologize, whether the other person apologizes or not. It’s hard to admit when we were wrong and even harder to ask someone to forgive us. The godly thing to do is admit in the midst of your imperfect dwelling on this earth, once again you messed up and apologize.Īpologizing. Why has apologies become a thing of the past? None of us are perfect, which means there are going to be times when we do things, say things, and react wrongly to situations.
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