Ecclesiastes 5:1

"Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil."
Ecclesiastes 5:1


Interesting scripture. :)  There is another scripture that tells us that "to obey is better than sacrifice" and this one says that it is better to listen. :)  I kind of like that.  Not that we don't have to make sacrifices... a broken heart and a contrite spirit... just coming to the point where we recognize that God is smarter than we are is sometimes a huge step... but that being humble enough to listen to God instead of trying to block him out, or argue with him... that brings us to the same place, without as much pain... right?  We fight and fight and finally are broken and bruised from banging on the walls that we built for ourselves, and we realize that we can't do it without God, and we finally sacrifice the pride and accept his help.  Wouldn't it be easier if we just put forth the effort and tried to listen to him in the first place? :)  Definitely easier... not always acceptable to us, I know.  It is hard to listen, hard to obey sometimes... when we think we know what we are doing. :)  So we go on learning the difficult way. :)  Nice though that God shows us the option.