“Yea,
I have obeyed the voice of the Lord…the people took of the spoil…” 1 Sam 15:20-21
You
cannot boast in doing God’s pleasure when you still the ingredients to bake the
cake. Saul failed in two areas; while
successful in killing the Amalekites, in doing so he went against God’s will by
taking the spoils; second, he refused accountability and blamed others for his
disobedience. Saul felt he did as directed by God, but in doing so he took what
was not his in the process. Saul used
that which God had no interest in as a sacrificial worship to justify his own
actions. It’s easier to bring a lamb to an altar, than to bring every high
thought in subjection to God’s will (1 Cor 9:27). Don’t promote your spiritual
immaturity by blaming others for your own actions; in doing so you greatly
hinder your ability to exemplify Christ towards others. The lack of accountability is nothing more
than a fleshly mechanism utilized to justify one’s act of disobedience.
The
moment you take accountability for everything in your life, is the moment
anything can start changing in your life.
HSAY…Todd
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