The Sacrifice of Obedience

• 1 Samuel 15

     Trusting in Jesus for everything in your life will bring you to obedience to the Laws of God.  It will be a sacrifice on our part because it doesn't come naturally to us.  In order to find out what exactly we are to obey we must look to the Bible as it is the revealed Word of God.  God's commands that we are to obey are all found within its pages and we must read it and study it to find them so we can apply them to our lives.
     Denial of one's self-will is important for true obedience to take place.  We can reform our ways to make it appear as though we are obedient to God, but if it doesn't come from our hearts our obedience is forced and our religion has become ascetic.
     God wants willingness on our behalf to fall in with His designed plan for our lives and for the entire world.  Our response will impact more people than just ourselves.