A Prayer for Obedience: Psalm 119:1-8–Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for Obedience Psalm 119:1-8 There is no hope of obedience to Him in our actions unless He is enshrined in our affections. Spurgeon Israel’s first king, Saul, is the classic illustration for the importance of obedience to the Lord. Many are familiar with the Samuel’s words, “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 listen than the fat of rams” (1 Samuel 15:22). The Lord had commanded Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites. Yet, when Saul had defeated them, he spared the king and the best of the animals. Being deceived in his own mind, Saul thought his disobedience was excusable, even acceptable and honorable, because he had disobeyed in order to use the animals as a sacrifice to the Lord. However, his disobedience showed his heart for the Lord. Samuel called Saul’s disobedience “evil in the sight of the Lord”(15:19) and told Saul, “You have rejected the word of the...