What did they tell you to do, that after you gave in cost you BIG TIME?
I am amazed at the influence that the wrong people have on us. I think we are good at letting the people who tell us what we want to hear surround us and when someone tells us what we do not want to hear we tend to go get another opinion.
Saul dealt with this and the cost was incredible!!! Saul put is this way, "I was afraid of the people and so I gave in to them." It cost him his kingdom and ultimately destroyed his family. All because the misdirection they gave him. He listened to what he wanted to hear instead of what he needed to hear.
Check out the story in 1 Samuel 15... Who are you listening to?
Ill share a bit more about this Sunday.
20 "But I did obey the LORD," Saul said. "I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 22 But Samuel replied:"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD ?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
he has rejected you as king." 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned. I violated the LORD's command and your instructions. I was afraid of the people and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD." 26 But Samuel said to him, "I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel!"
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