1 Samuel 15:10-34
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret
that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not
carried out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord
all that night.
12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but
he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel.
There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down
to Gilgal.”
13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The
Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.” 14 But Samuel said, “What then is this
bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”
15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites;
they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God,
but we totally destroyed the rest.”16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord
said to me last night.”“Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes,
did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king
over Israel.
18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those
wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them
out.’ 19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder
and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”
20 “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said.
“I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the
Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took
sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in
order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in
obeying the Lord?To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil
of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have
sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of
the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive my sin and
come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”26 But Samuel said to
him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and
the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
27 As Samuel
turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.
28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel
from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors to one better than
you. 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his
mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”
30 Saul replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the
elders of my people and before Israel;
come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel
went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king
of the Amalekites.”Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, “Surely the
bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said,“As your sword has made women childless, so
will your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel put Agag to death before
the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in
Gibeah of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul
again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
Scripture Reference:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2015&version=NIV
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2015&version=NIV
Message
Many of the Lord’s prophets have
already been assigned in this season to clean up what some of the Lord’s
leaders have not fully obeyed. Understand, that the Lord’s prophets are not only
messengers but they also do clean up work as directed by the Father.
“What the Church will not
address, Father will give His prophets a message concerning that very thing to
speak forth.” January 27, 2014 @ 10:42
AM
“What things (subjects) are we not
addressing within the church that God
has given us as leaders to speak about, but we have given people only a bite, and have
not given them the whole meal as He has instructed? Know that this is not full
but partial obedience. Partial obedience is like disobedience and Father is not
pleased. First go to God, and then go back and deliver the whole scroll, the
whole word as He originally directed you to.” January 27, 2014 @ 10:45 AM
The Father's grace awaits you.
Encouragement
1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according
to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my
iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.3 For I know my transgressions, and my
sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done
what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified
when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my
mother conceived me. 6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in
that secret place.7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let
the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and
renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your
ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God
my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not delight in sacrifice,
or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.17 My
sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you,
God, will not despise.
18 May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt
offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
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