On his way there the Spirit of God comes on him, and like a puppet on a string he prophesies until he arrives. And just as his men have been stripped of power, so the king is stripped of his robes and lies naked on the ground before Samuel, prophesying all that day and on through the night (19:23-24).
The Spirit of the Lord does not honor Saul. It humiliates him, shaming and rendering him impotent, totally unable to exert his will in the presence of his foes. His stubborn heart rejected God's mercy.
Therefore when the power took effect it mocked his pride and kingly power. Manifestations of the Spirit's power do not ever reflect credit to the person in whom they are manifest. They reflect only the power, the glory and the mercy of God, whether the manifestation results in the subject's blessing or the subject's humiliation. They can never be a ground for boasting.
They are never a sign of God's favoritism or of superior spiritual attainment.
John White, When The Spirit Comes With Power, p. 26
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