{"id":7194,"date":"2025-09-08T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2025-09-07T20:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:18:02","slug":"08-september-2025-when-obedience-requires-destruction-1-samuel-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2025\/09\/08\/08-september-2025-when-obedience-requires-destruction-1-samuel-159\/","title":{"rendered":"08 September 2025: WHEN OBEDIENCE REQUIRES DESTRUCTION &#8211; 1 Samuel 15:9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><span class=\"tie-dropcap\">N<\/span>ot every resource is from the Lord. There are provisions that look appealing but are forbidden by God. Consider God\u2019s command to Saul concerning the Amalekites: destroy everything. Why? Because God did not want Israel to be tainted by the wealth of the world. He wanted them to understand that He alone was their Source and Provider. The command wasn\u2019t about cruelty\u2014it was about separation. When you hold the things of the world lightly, you become free to follow God fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Until you\u2019re free from the power of worldly attractions, you are not truly free.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>But Saul failed the test. He spared what he should have destroyed and covered his disobedience with religious activity. When confronted, he claimed he was preserving the animals for sacrifice to God. Samuel&#8217;s response was sharp: \u201cTo obey is better than sacrifice.\u201d God doesn\u2019t want just any offering\u2014He wants obedience. That\u2019s why He said the wages of a harlot must not be brought into His house. The source matters. Wealth without obedience disqualifies the giver, no matter how noble the intent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I ask you: what has God asked you to destroy in your life? What have you kept alive\u2014out of fear, convenience, or sentimentality\u2014that is sabotaging your next level? If you don\u2019t destroy what God is destroying, you delay your access to what He is building for you. True kingdom wealth begins where obedience becomes non-negotiable. God will never build your future on the ruins of disobedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> Have I kept alive things God clearly told me to destroy? Is my obedience complete, or am I offering sacrifices in place of surrender?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Father, I yield to Your will. I will not preserve what You are purging. Help me walk in complete obedience in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-padding  has-padding-left has-padding-right\" style=\"padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;\">\n\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>LA BIBLE EN UN AN :<\/strong><br>Isaiah 1:1\u20132:22, 2 Corinthians 10:1\u201318, Psalm 52:1\u20139, Proverbs 22:26\u201327<br><br><br><strong>SPIRIT MEAT SUR ANDROID ET iOS<br><\/strong><br>Spirit Meat on Android: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatAndroid<br>Spirit Meat on iOS: https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatIOS<br>YouVersion: http:\/\/bible.us\/r\/FmK<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>J\u00e9sus est Seigneur !<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>www.dreamcentreoftheloic.org<br>www.soundcloud.com\/reverendareogun<br>www.dciradio.org<br>https:\/\/bit.ly\/SpiritMeatDailyDevotionalWhatsApp<br>YouTube Channel- Sola Areogun Ministries<br>+2348037252124<br>#SpiritMeat<br>#ReverendAreogun<br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br><em><strong>Copyright \u00a9\ufe0f 2025<\/strong><br>The public is hereby informed that exclusive copyright<\/em><br><em>subsiste dans cette \u0153uvre et donc toute tentative de reproduction,<\/em><br><em>copier, distribuer au public \u00e0 des fins commerciales, publier tout<\/em><br><em>traduction de l&#039;\u0153uvre, r\u00e9aliser un film relatif \u00e0 l&#039;\u0153uvre,<\/em><br><em>faire une adaptation de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans son int\u00e9gralit\u00e9, soit en grande partie<\/em><br><em>une partie de l&#039;\u0153uvre, soit dans sa forme originale, soit sous toute autre forme<\/em><br><em>d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re reconnaissable de l&#039;original constitue une atteinte \u00e0 la<\/em><br><em>droit de l&#039;auteur et sujet \u00e0 litige sauf et sauf<\/em><br><em>l&#039;auteur a officiellement et clairement autoris\u00e9 ladite personne<\/em><br><em>ou les personnes ou l&#039;auteur sont clairement mentionn\u00e9s dans l&#039;\u0153uvre.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ot every resource is from the Lord. 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