This powerful exploration of 1 Samuel 15 confronts us with one of Scripture's most sobering warnings: the danger of spiritual drift. Through the tragic story of King Saul, we witness how even those who start their faith journey with humility and the Spirit's anointing can gradually turn away from God's path. Saul began as a humble leader, small in his own eyes, empowered by God's Spirit. Yet by the end of his reign, he had erected monuments to himself and substituted his own plans for God's commands. The concept of 'mission drift' applies not just to institutions like Harvard and Yale, which abandoned their Christian foundations, but to our individual lives. We learn that spiritual decline rarely happens overnight; it's a slow, imperceptible process where we convince ourselves nothing has changed even as the Spirit's presence fades. Three culprits emerge: success that makes us feel special and entitled to God's favor, self-sufficiency that replaces dependence on God with confidence in our own abilities, and staleness that reduces our relationship with God to empty religious routines. The most chilling lesson is that we can be miles away from God while still speaking spiritual language and going through the motions. This message challenges us to examine whether we're truly following God's way or simply baptizing our own plans with spiritual language, reminding us that partial obedience is complete disobedience in God's eyes.