"And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams."
1 Samuel 15:22
This struck me today I think because we so often feel like the opposite is true. We are eager to do something over the top and dramatic, but simple obedience is difficult. Those high effort one time things are totally cool, but sustained low effort, no thanks. :) Except that daily obedience is exactly what we need to keep the spirit with us.
Maybe today is the time to rethink our high-drama outward-appearance strategy. Maybe with normal people our flashy huge-effort side is impressive, but God sees through it, and he honestly is trying to help us through asking obedience. Listening to God and doing as he requests is going to save us a lot of pain and trouble. Let's be a little less drama queen and a little bit more honestly humble. I'm not saying it is easier. Lots of times it won't be... but as God tells us through Samuel here, it will definitely be better.
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