Saul the king?

²⁸ When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, ²⁹ Saul became still more afraid of him, and he remained his enemy the rest of his days.
³⁰ The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.

Kings have the final say. when we see stories that involve kings,  we see that kings have the final say, when they say person A is to be killed, he will be killed. But Saul here is different, King Saul declared that David is enemy, and tried numerous ways to kill David, but it did not work! How is a king a king if what he intends to do is not done? That is because God is not with Him.

Proverbs 16:3 says that People make plans but the Lord has the final say. 

It is even true for a king who is anointed by God. Saul was anointed by God but now he turned away because of pride. That pride that separates him and God now affects him and causes him to want to kill David. The funny thing is that every singe time Saul tried to kill David, God used the situation and turn it against Saul himself. When Saul tried to marry off his daughter to be a distraction to David, the Lord did not yield his underlying intentions. When Saul sent David to the toughest battles expecting him to die but David won. We can plan and plan so many things, but we must remember to humble ourselves and come before God, and align our plans to God's will. without that, then it would be our will be done, not His will be done. The Lord's presence and approval is important, because without them, what success would we have? And that success would be unto ourselves, not God.