A Chorus of Boos

1 Samuel 15:22-24 KJV
And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , he hath also rejected thee from being king. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice."

When the Lord speaks, we have a choice to obey or not. His words are always direct and free from the snare of confusion. But we are like Saul. We fear the words and the wrath of people. The Lord says "go and sin no more". But your friend says "girl you can still drink and Jesus know you have needs. He didn't mean you couldn't get none". The fear of ridicule and rejection is so great that we sit down to drink, lay down with this man or that, and act like we are not openly in rebellion against God. We say I love the Lord. I'm not against Him while willfully breaking marriage covenants and destroying people with negative missiles from our uncontrolled tongues.

But this is not stubbornness right? This is just living the life. Hanging with friends and doing what we've always done. We only live once and we have to do all that we can....

The Lord has no interest in you maintaining what you've always done. He says humble yourselves. He says exalt others above yourselves. He says forgive and you shall be forgiven. His words are restorative and they bring peace. His words are a sweet string of melodies that our stubbornness allows to be drowned out by a chorus of boos. Challenge yourselves to obey God regardless of what people say. Challenge yourselves to submit to His will and not what it looks like everyone else is doing. Ultimately stubborn begins and ends with you.

Adayinthelife:-)