Remember David obeyed from the heart, all the lord wanted to Do, to Saul it was said :” has the lord much delight in sacrifices? To Obey is better than Sacrifice." When he failed to do all that was commanded over and over, Saul and his kingship was in the end rejected before God.
Making excuses for the failure to fully obey the word of the lord to the prophet to kill all of Amalek, he resorted to vain excuses. Let us seek to obey fully all that He desires, not presumptuous- doing more than required or rebellious – refusing to do what He asks, but fully obedient, which is the way of the Lord.
1 Sam 15:22
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.”
Let us obey lest our sacrifices and prayers become abominations – the stench of rebellion before God…
Isaiah 1:13
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
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