We know God is pleased with sacrifice and asks us to make offerings to him, but sometimes sacrifices displease God and he rejects them. You’ve already found 1 Samuel 15:22—strong verse, isn’t it? In Micah 6:6–8, the prophet tells us what the Lord prefers over sacrifice—justice, mercy, and walking humbly with God. Psalm 51:16–17 reads, “For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. . .The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”
