Obedience is Better than sacrifice
I received this word for the Body of Believers
The word religion is not in My vocabulary.
Relationship is, I beg you come out of religion into relationship with Me. Religion boxes Me in, I created the Heavens, man or woman cannot box the Master Creator in a package and limit Me.
There is a mass of people out there that need to Hear My Voice. I say to My elect Awake, Arise shake off the shackles that hold you down in Jesus name. I have placed My Holy Spirit in you to push up and out your Gifting's from Me, there is Power, Power, Wonder Working Power in you by the Blood of the Lamb (Jesus), go Forth in the Revelatory Power that wants to transform you into Mighty Men and Women of Valor. Child of Mine Obey your Fathers command, there is much work I need to do through You!
This Prophetic Vision I found after I received my word from the Lord, it is written by:
Bill Yount has been a member of Bridge of Life in Hagerstown, Maryland, for the past 36 years where he is now an elder and a home missionary.
Vision He saw...
They appeared to be angelic beings with metal detectors searching for treasure on the beaches of the earth. What seemed to be washed up upon the shores of life through storms and spiritual shipwrecks, disregarded by many, was now in great demand in heaven.
Much treasure was buried in the sands of beaches upon the earth. As angels began to dig deeper in the sand, an outline began to form of what appeared to be a large treasure: a form in the image and likeness of God appeared just beneath the sand—a human being!
Angels began reporting to heaven that many who were made in the very image of God had actually buried themselves and had died spiritually, trying to find rest and relaxation in the pleasures of the shifting quick sands of life. But Jesus now appeared, walking on the waters along these shorelines of the nations. The waters were being anointed.
'Kings and Queens of the Earth Were Meant to Live in Castles'
As these "angelic beachcombers" continued to dig many of these lost treasures free, the grains of sands beneath them began to cry out the sweetest word ever heard upon this earth: "Repent!"
The grains of sand seemed to speak this word with so much love, as no human voice had ever spoken to these treasures before. In fact, one angel wrote with its finger across the beaches the word "repent," and then built a heart-shaped sandcastle around it as heaven proclaimed, "Kings and queens of the earth were meant to live in castles. Return to Me!"
True "R & R" was coming to these worn, broken lives as they began being kissed by the Son of Righteousness rising upon them with healing in His wings. Sweet repentance and restoration was invading the beaches and shorelines of nations! Lost wedding rings were being restored to fingers. Great financial needs began to be met supernaturally from the mouth of a fish. Jonah's began to get up one more time from when they had fallen down and began to shake the sandman from their sleep!
'Comb the Beaches, Mountains, Valleys, Cities ... and My Own House'
I then heard the Father commanding these angelic beachcombers, "Begin on the beaches of the earth and then begin to move inland, combing the mountains and the valleys, the cities; and don't miss combing through My own house to search and bring forth many of My treasures who have buried themselves in their own church traditions and are locked up inside those church walls. Compel them to go out now into the highways, the byways, the cities and the beaches and pick up the spoil that lies waiting."
I'll see you at the beach.
Below is an article on Obedience I found Today...
by Bensternke.com
In the midst of a scathing indictment against King Saul’s presumption and arrogance, the prophet Samuel utters these famous words,
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
Saul’s great, heroic idea
Saul had heard the word of the Lord, but thought he had a better idea.
He was supposed to destroy the Amalekites completely, taking no plunder, but instead he spared the best of the sheep and cattle “to sacrifice to the Lord.”
This might seem like a noble gesture on Saul’s part, wanting to sacrifice to the Lord… so why does Samuel make such a big deal out of this? Why is obedience so much better than sacrifice?
Sacrifice means independence from God
Sacrifice in this sense is actually an attempt to gain independence from God.
If we sacrifice for him, then we have put him in our debt. If we sacrifice for God, he owes us something (so we think).
Sacrifice is a way of “buying” whatever we want to get from God (protection, deliverance, provision, favor), while at the same time remaining independent from him.
“God, look at all I’ve done for you! You owe me this, it’s only fair!” we say. We demand our goodies from God, but we retain our right to do what we want with our lives.
We just need to make sure we throw a few sacrifices God’s way every once in awhile to keep him at bay. This is the attitude of sacrifice that Saul personified.
Obedience is dependent trust in God
Obedience, however, is the response of someone who is in a relationship of trust with God. We trust God, we depend on him, we are interactive with him, but he takes the lead.
Obedience is better than sacrifice because we are letting God be God and staying in our proper place with him, the place of dependence and surrender to his goodness.
It’s like a woman once said to Tim Keller, upon realizing the gospel for the first time,
I know why I want my morality to save me. If I’m saved by my good works, then like a taxpayer, I have rights. I’ve paid into the system and God owes me a good and decent life. And there is a limit to what the Father can ask of me. But if I’m saved by sheer grace, then my life belongs entirely to the Father, he owes me nothing and there is no limit to what he can ask of me.”
It’s a theme repeated over and over throughout Scripture,
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6).“To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices” (Mark 12:33).“Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:7-8).“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God” (Luke 11:42).
Obedience is better than sacrifice
The life of sacrifice is a life of demanding my rights and living as I wish. The life of obedience, though, is a response to God’s gracious invitation and is lived as an upward spiral of dependence and intimacy.
This is why Jesus didn’t say, “If you love me, sacrifice for me.” Instead he said, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
This kind of obedience (as a response to divine love) always leads to intimacy and dependence. This is why obedience is better than sacrifice.