Gen. 3, 1Sam.13:1-14, 15:1-24

No excuse

Then the man said, ÒThe woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate itÓ (Gen.3:12). The greatest excuse before God was a very reasonable one and it failed. Excuses will never work for you before God if you fail to cue yourself in His divine arrangement for your life. Before God, there is no room for excuses to work. Anything that is short of obeying GodÕs command is a failure and God will not accept   disobedient. King Saul did a sacrifice that should not have been done by anyone except by a priest (as ordained by God). His excuse was based on the fact that the people scattered (1Sam.13:11). King Saul also failed to destroy the Amalek as God had requested of him. He failed to carry out GodÕs commandment consistently; the consequence was beyond his comprehension. He paid heavily because it denied his generation from becoming king again in Israel. Has the LORD given you an assignment to be carried out? Let it be known to you this day that, a failure to do what God asked of you or what His word required has no legitimate excuse but a sever consequence. God in His goodness and mercy will grant the grace for consistent obedience unto His word.