Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Samuel 7:10-17
by: Susan Bond.
My pastor provokes me with this question: "Did God tell you to do that?" I should thank him for protecting me from fruitless labor.
There's a popular poem that states, "Only what's done for God will last." Today's scripture would indicate that only what's done by God will last. Saul learned the hard way that obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22). The only sacrifice God wants is a broken, contrite heart, full of praise, willing to follow him as he does the giving (Psalm 51:17; Psalm 50:23; Hebrews 13:15,16; Romans 12:1).