23/07/2026
DAVID OR THE SONS OF ELI
Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord.[1Sa 2:12 NKJV]
Wait! These are children born and bred in the house of God. The same place that David said" For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness." [Ps 84:10 NKJV]
David could say this because he never played religion; he sincerely desired to know the Lord. For him, knowing the LORD meant everything to him. Listen to a man who wishes to know the LORD:
"One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple."[Ps 27:4 NKJV]
..but the sons of Eli did not know the LORD! Sons of a priest? How? This is easy because, knowing God is different from going to church; knowing God is different from being close to a man of God. The point is, the sons of Eli were closer to Eli the priest more than any other person. They were always in the house of God, enjoying the sacred foods and yet had no interest in knowing the Lord.
The issue is not whether or not you belong to a church, it has to do with your desire to know the LORD. There are many sons of Eli in the church who sleep and dine in the house of God and yet have no desire to know God.You cannot substitute the knowledge of God for anything, not even your sacrifice. Even if you offer yourself as a burnt offering on the alter and have you no desire to know God, it means nothing to Him.
Read this: "For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
[Ho 6:6 NKJV]
In other words, ...God prefers you knowing Him to giving costly offerings to the church. You can as well keep your offering if you have no desire to know the HIM. Why do you think Paul, after writing many epistles to many churches would say, "That I may know Him..."Phil.3:10.?
May we receive the grace to increase in the spirit of revelation and understanding till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;[Eph 4:13 NKJV]
Amen.
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