Obey

"To obey is better than sacrifice" - 1 Samuel 15:22

There is nothing that I can sacrifice to God that can make him love me more.
There is no amount of money I can give
There is no amount of devotionals I can read
There is not an amount of volunteering I can do
There is not a number of Bible studies I can attend

God does not need anything from me
God can continue being a perfect God with or without me
but...God wants my "whole life".

He wants it because he does love me. He knows what I as a human need. I need to be re-united with God. The hole and the space will not be filled by myself or my actions or abilities to follow rules and traditions of men.

God doesn't want me because he knows he'll damn me to hell if I don't love him. God wants me because if I separate myself from his Law, Love and Grace I will separate myself from him and with that separate myself from eternal life.

The good news for sorry little me is that while there is nothing I can do to gain God's favor or to make him love me anymore there is also nothing I can do to lose his Love.

All sins apart from the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit are forgivable. Denying God to live in us is our only damnable offence.

To Obey is better than sacrifice


"This is love for God: to obey his commands and his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." - 1 John 5:3