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1 Samuel 15

The spirit of rebellion and disobedience are like bread and butter. Wherever rebellion lodges, disobedience also have its place. After Saul had taken a step of rejection by God as a result of his disobedience, Samuel approached Saul in 1Samuel 15:22-23, ÒSo Samuel said: ÒHas 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 heed than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being kingÓ. Rebellion and disobeying the Word of God lines up together; it is a way of destruction that causes man to be rejected by God. Are you as a believer paying attention to yourself? Will you be willing to search your heart and see if any of the two are actually having its way in your life? If there is a trace of one in you, there must be a line of the other one in you. In reference to < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jerusalem it was written in Zephaniah 3:1-2 ÒWoe to her who is rebellious and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the LORD, She has not drawn near to her God.Ó Rebellion is a demonstration of not obeying His voice (Word of God). To be disobedient to the Word of God is a way of not receiving correction. Constant denial of correction is a connection with disability in listening to what God has to say or what God is saying. A believer that refuses to be corrected is showing lack of trust in God and such a believer is taking action without God. To be rebellious, disobedient, not taken to correction and not trusting God are all in the same line. The bottom line of it, however, is drawing away from God. Search yourself and seek Him for a readjustment in your walk in life.