Saul has been called a fool not because he did something obviously reckless but because, in a moment of fear and pressure, he acted as though God were not there. It is the diagnosis the Psalms give to the fool: in his heart there is no God. It is also, if we are honest, a condition closer to home than we would like to admit. The good news is that 1 Samuel doesn't leave us with Saul. It gives us Jonathan and a completely different way of seeing.
