At times we are inclined to think that something is better than nothing, also with respect to the service of the Lord. But this pericope shows that the Lord is not pleased with half-measures, or with less than full obedience. In like manner, church leaders should not tolerate half-hearted service, or accept anything less than full obedience to the Lord’s commands.
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’