POWER OF OBEDIENCE

               

Obedience is never doing God a favour but rather a privilege to be a vessel usable for his agenda.

Recently, God has been dealing  with me on this particular concept. Prayer is great but we only get to see so many results when we learn to yield. Obedience is probably one of the things people get familiar with in their journey of faith.

1 John 5:3, emphasised on obeying God’s commandment and his statutes. The statutes of God is THE WORD. For God exceeds his words above his name, this shows how in high esteem God takes his word. Looking at the scripture, we had several instances of what it means to Obey God. Abraham, the father of faith, obeyed God and saw a turn of events in his life.

WHERE IN THE 7 AREAS OF  LIFE HAVE YOU BEEN EXPECTING A TURN OF EVENT?

God is able to do much more,  if we can lay aside trying to figure out things and learning to lean on him ( Proverbs 3:5).

Another man that readily comes to mind when the one obedience is stated is JONAH. Jonah wasn't just loved by God but also loved by his people. God commanded Jonah to leave where he was to Niveneh but he decided to walk in his own wisdom. When instruction is given by God, the wisdom of God is required to solve the puzzle. Why? His thoughts are not your thoughts nor the ways of God are our ways. To truly obey God, the wisdom of God is Paramount.

The Children of Israel were first regarded as the chosen ones in the scripture and several times. God gave instructions but often they allowed flesh to come in. I remember, recently God led me to speak to someone. This wasn't something I would naturally do because it wasn't my norm or custom but it is important to note that to  truly obey God means to be dead to SELF/FLESH.

The roadmap to obey often comes with different grits but the grits are nothing but to strengthen us.  They come in the form of temptation and this is why FAITH & OBEDIENCE cannot be separated. Job had faith in the Lord even with the many grits of life. He stood and stayed persistent.

Obedience isn't just adored by God but truly a key.

Thank you for reading!