Obedience not sacrifice

 DAILY SHOWER February 18, 2023 Devotion and Declarations


Prayer before the Word: 

 _ O God, I thank You for yet another day. I magnify Your name because You are my God and all I have. Please, use me according to Your will and prosper me in Jesus name, Amen_ 



TODAY’S TOPIC: Obedience not sacrifice 

Text: Jeremiah 7:21-29 (NIV):


"7:21. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

7:22. For when I brought your forefathers out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,

7:23. but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.

7:24. But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

7:25. From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets.

7:26. But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.'

7:27. "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.

7:28. Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

7:29. Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.



SHOWER (Reflection):

In the book of 1 Samuel 15:22, God told King Saul that obedience is better than sacrifice. That was how the king lost the glory of God. If you read the whole of chapters 14 and 15 you will find out that his sin is what we take for granted. He was commanded to kill and destroy the enemy but he decided to spare the 'best' parts of the 'loots for sacrifice to God.' God told him that obeying instructions is better than anything else. This same thing applies to our every day lifestyles. In today's reading, God is telling us the same thing. From verse 21 of Jeremiah 7, you will see where God is telling us to gather our meat, food, money and others we prepared for sacrifices to eat alone because He doesn't need them! What can you give to bribe the creators of all things on earth and heaven!!! In verse 23, He reiterated that He only wants us to obey and serve Him alone. So it doesn't matter what you are doing in the church. It is not about how you appeared holy in your dressings, talks, pray , visitations to the motherless babies homes, etc...you must be submissive and obedience to God. Take heed and see how prosperous you will become!



PRAYER/DECLARATIONS

1. O God, my father, build in me a spiritual fence and security to safeguard Your word, live it and remain blessed ...in Jesus name, Amen.


2. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I will live above my parents and surpass the limitations of my current environment... In Jesus name, Amen.


3. As the week winds up today, O God arise and wipe off the enemies of my progress...in Jesus name, Amen.


4. O God arise and dethrone everyone sitting on what rightly belongs to me...in Jesus name, Amen.


5. As we step into the next week by tomorrow, Father remember me for greatness, O God!!! (5 times) in Jesus name, Amen.