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1 Samuel 15

The spirit of rebellion and disobedience can be likened to bread and butter. Wherever rebellion lodges in, disobedience will also come aboard. After Saul had taken a step of rejection by God as a result of his disobedience, Samuel approached Saul in 1 Samuel 15:22-23, “So Samuel said: ‘Has 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 king’”. It is clear in the words of Samuel that rebellion and disobeying the Word of God lines up together. It is a way of destruction that causes man to be rejected by God. As a believer who fears the wrath of God, are you 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? To be rejected by God is a termination in the line of salvation and not living up to the final destination. The children of Israel were rebellious in their journey of life. God rejected all the population from ages twenty and above and they could not get to their final destination in the journey of life. Rebellion and disobedience are bonafide partners and if there is a trace of one in you, there must be a line of the other one in you as well. In reference to Jerusalem, it was written in Zephaniah 3:1-2 “Woe 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.” 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 who refuses to be corrected is showing lack of trust in God and such believer is not considering God in the making of his decisions. To be rebellious, disobedient, not taken to correction and not trusting God are all in the same line. The bottom line of it is drawing away from God and being far from God. Search yourself and seek Him for readjustment in your journey of life. To be far from God should be exceedingly avoided by all man.

Prayer for today: Ask God to take your days and your moments and be concentrated onto Him.