Day 17: 1 Samuel 11-31

²⁰ And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. ²¹ But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

²² So Samuel said:

“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 heed than the fat of rams.
²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.  1 Samuel 15

I pray today you are obeying the voice of the Lord. 

Lord please help us to hear your voice oh God and your command and not take it upon ourselves to do what WE think is best within your command after you oh God have CLEARLY given us EXACT instructions.  Amen.