obey is better than sacrifice. . . . Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you’’ (15:22–23). It is a sad example of most obedience—which in part performs God’s commandment, but still is not the full obedience God asks. God says of all sin and all disobedience: ‘‘Destroy it all! Spare not!’’ May God reveal to us whether we are indeed doing all He asks, seeking utterly to destroy all and spare nothing that is not in perfect harmony with His will. It is wholehearted obedience,