So
Samuel said:
"Has
the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the Lord?
Behold,
to obey is better than sacrifice,
and
to heed than the fat of rams."
1
Samuel 15:22
Have you noticed how much praying for revival
has been going on of late-and how little revival has resulted?
Considering the volume of prayer that is
ascending these days, rivers of revival should be flowing in blessing throughout
the land. That no such results are in evidence should not discourage us; rather
it should stir us to find out why our prayers are not answered....
I believe our problem is that we have been
trying to substitute praying for obeying; and it simply will not work....
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for
obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is
not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually
flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of
words and get nothing for our trouble.
"Search me, O God, and know my heart;
show me any wicked way that needs to be corrected in my own life before revival
can come. I'm praying for revival; help me to also be obeying. Amen."
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