"God does not want sacrifice but obedience (1 Sam. 15:22) He does not care about our great works, because He Himself can do greater works. All He asks for is obedience. So also Saul spared the fat cattle and the exceedingly fat Agag (! Sam. 15:9). Many people imitate this and at times perform great and useful works according to their own idea but meanwhile neglect to do anything lowly that is commanded. Yet in that lowliness the most valuable obedience is hidden, just a the vilest kind of disobedience is concealed in that valuable usefulness. Like a treasure hidden in a field (Matt. 13:44), so is the value of obedience to a worthless and contemptible command. Again, like the bones of the dead and the whole filth in a tomb whitewashed on the outside, so is disobedience most foul in a great and notable work (Matt 23:27). Therefore hear the command and teaching of the Holy Spirit: "But his delight is in the law of the Lord (namely, the law of the superior), etc."
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