'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.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry…' "
Dwell in the land and feed on His
faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of
your heart."
Note: When I became a Christian the Lord gave me a book with nursery rhymes that He provided endings for that led to scriptures. I was happy to send this
book around the world with missionaries, and here's the link to download it free.
See (Mother Goose Rhymes For Biblical Times)
Note: Nine years later I entered a heart shaped collage of the world in an art show with markings of where the books went. This verse was on it. God did indeed
give me the desires of my heart.
And You give them their food in due
season.
You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living
thing."
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your
own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
Then you shall delight yourself in the
Lord;
And I will cause you to ride on the
high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob
your father.
The mouth of the Lord has spoken."
knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest
for Me;
Because you have forgotten the law of
your God,
I also will forget your children."
and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings."
good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love *mercy (Or lovingkindness)
And to walk humbly with your God?"
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of
the remnant to His heritage?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea."
See (If You Seek Him – You Will Find Him)
I thank God – through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the Law of God…"
