Would You Rather?

Have you ever played “would you rather?” It’s simple really. You ask each other questions that might be difficult to decide, but, you have to choose. It’s a game of preferences. Here are a couple of examples:

Would you rather get hit with a baseball bat in the leg or with a baseball in the face?

Would you rather live and average life and be forgotten or die young and be remembered for something stupid?

You see, they get you thinking. So now I’m thinking…would God play “would you rather”?

Example: Would He rather see you do religious ceremony flawlessly or watch you obey Him?

Actually, that one’s easy. Samuel let King Saul know how God felt about that one:

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, …” (1 Samuel 15:22)

Here’s something I said this weekend that deserves a second glance. Please, let this soak in.

“God is less concerned with your ability to sing than He is with your willingness to obey.”

It is possible to have the ritual down, and yet, not really be honoring God. So…what area of your life do you KNOW God is wanting obedience???