To obey is better than sacrifice.

"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'" (I Samuel 15:22 NKJV). It was a sad day for Saul, when he ignored the commandment of Samuel that came from the Lord. The prophet of God told Saul to destroy all the Amalekites, the enemy, not to spare them but to kill both man, woman, infant, suckling, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey. He was commanded to kill it all, to destroy them. God asked Saul a simple thing, to get rid of the enemy and to annihilate them all. However, Saul saved Agag, king of the Amalekites, and destroyed the rest of the people with the sword. Saul also spared the best of the sheep, oxen, the fatlings, lambs, and all that was good. He did not utterly destroy them. What do we still have in our lives that Christ has convicted us about? What has He commanded us to get out-of-the-way, to destroy, or to cast out forever? Is there still something that we are hiding or holding back from destroying? Old habits, thoughts, or unforgiveness could be something that needs to be utterly destroyed. Not destroying them, only gives the enemy ground to destroy us. To obey is better than sacrifice. Ask the Lord for grace to help us overcome in the name of Jesus. God bless you all.