Total Obedience

1Samuel 15:2-3 “I'm about to get even with Amalek for ambushing Israel when Israel came up out of Egypt. Here's what you are to do: Go to war against Amalek. Put everything connected with Amalek under a holy ban. And no exceptions! This is to be total destruction—men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys—the works."

1 Samuel 15:10-25 "Then the LORD said to Samuel, 11 “I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to the LORD all night. 12 Early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.” 13 When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the LORD bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the LORD’s command!” 14 “Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel demanded. 15 “It’s true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Listen to what the LORD told me last night!” “What did he tell you?” Saul asked.17 And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD has anointed you king of Israel. 18 And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’ 19 Why haven’t you obeyed the LORD? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the LORD’s sight?” 20 “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else. 21 Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.” 22 But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.” 24 Then Saul admitted to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the LORD’s command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded. 25 But now, please forgive my sin and come back with me so that I may worship the LORD.”

 

And the Lords says, I Am giving My people the battle strategies for the battles of victory ahead. You must be careful to follow My instructions for then you shall walk in victory and prosperity all the days of your life. You must follow My instructions in complete obedience restraining your soul and flesh from doing what seems right in your own eyes. I Am He who has made all things and I know all things I have set in place that will yield the manifestation of My will in the earth. This is destiny time. I Am speaking a now word that requires your complete and total obedience now. Do not look to the left or to the right but do as I have commanded and you will walk securely in your destined state. I say this to you today because many of you are teetering on the brink of disobedience and as subtly as it may seem in your soul (your mind, your will, your emotions and your intellect) it will cost you greatly. I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love. 7-9You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place. And please don't toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread. (Galatians 5:4-9 MSG) If you continue to have your mind stayed on the treasures of this world you will forfeit the blessing of your destiny. You must begin to store up your treasures in heaven where they are out of the reach of decay and destruction. And though in seasons past you have not consecrated to the level to which I have required I say that you must now posture yourself in the anointing that I have placed upon your life; it is time to stop living below the level of the anointing. And do not deceive yourself into thinking that your mediocre and partial obedience will satisfy Me in this season. I desire complete obedience and I will accept nothing less. You must turn from your worldly mentally of self-gratification and people pleasing and repent and turn your heart back to your God in complete and total submission and obedience. For the heart that truly desires to know Me and to please Me will hear what I say to you today and obey. Turn from your lukewarm ways and allow Me to set you on fire by the power of My Spirit.