FAITH CAPSULE: The command of God is His word, not a suggestion but to engage.

1 Samuel 15

God alone is the Commanding commander. 
The command of God is not a suggestion but must be engaged continually. 
God commanded Saul through Samuel, “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:2-3) 
The message was a command, not a suggestion or an idea. 
God did not give a choice to Saul in His command.
Saul made a choice not to prosecute the command of God. 
Saul engaged in disobedience and did not fully carry out the command of God.
Saul went as commanded, “But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.” (1 Samuel 15:9) With the command of God, there shall be no disobedience just as Saul did.
Disobedience is a failure for Saul.
The Bible recorded the response of Saul to Samuel, “…Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.” (1 Samuel 15:13) 
Saul disobeyed God. 
The excuse Saul was to “…Spared the best and Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.” (1 Samuel 15:15) 
Under heaven, no excuse can prevail. 
Do you have an excuse for the consequence of disobedience to the word of God? 
The excuse of Saul does not go far before God, but it stopped him from going further in the hand according to the divine agenda for His life. 
As a believer, all should know that no excuse is a supplement that can complement any act of disobedience to the word of God. 
The best excuse documented in the pages of the Bible was of Adam when God approached him for having eaten from the Tree of Life. 
Adam responded to God, “…The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12) 
The excuse of Adam was a reasonable one because he did not ask for a woman, but God made Eve for him. 
However, every violation of the command of God is an avenue that complicates the journey of life. 
The command of God is not to be compromised. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you not to live a life of disobedience to His word.