When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. "They have credited David with tens of thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?" And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.  1 Samuel 18:6-9

Even though Saul liked David, he also infuriated the King. Essentially, David was moving in on Saul's popularity. Up to this point, David probably hadn't a clue of what kind of emotions he was bringing out in Saul.

Many leaders are very similar to Saul. They have expended a lot of time, money, and energy into achieving power, and they don't want a young boy to overshadow their spotlight. Even though Saul rose to power quite unexpectedly, now that he was in it, he liked it and wanted to keep it.

We hear stories about the behind-the-scenes tempers of some of our politicians. They want what they want, when they want it, and no little rule or regulation or secretary is going to stop them. I suspect that very very few of them have the humility and patience to deal with the public graciously.

Pray that these politicians won't let their emotions affect their decision-making abilities. Pray that they'll be able to recognize people for who they are, and not what they can do for the politician.