Luke 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Some whom Jesus called claimed that they had a few necessary duties to fulfill before they obeyed, and indeed, when we study the calls then made and some of the reasons, and excuses given, they might seem to be important. But as it pertains to obeying God, those reasons ae not that important.
In fact, in the life of Christ on earth we are informed in the scriptures that He was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, which means that even if obedience to God might involve losing one’s life in the process, it is the first and most important thing, to obey implicitly, what God commands.
In a nutshell, nothing is of more importance than obedience, for if God has to choose between praise and obedience, He would take obedience any day, hands-down. This is the critically important lesson Saul failed to learn, and many persons in our day are yet to learn.
1st Samuel 15: 22 And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!