Obedient to the Word.
Nowadays, there are a lot of ministers out there that tell us of all the good that GOD has for us. How if we pray and speak the word whatever we want we will get. But very few of them tell us that we have to be obedient to the word of GOD for us to be able to enjoy and get his promises. Isaiah1: 19 “If you are willing and obedient you will eat the good things of the land.” In Deuteronomy 28, when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, GOD made promises to them on the condition that they are obedient to his words. (Deuteronomy28: 1-14). Deuteronomy28: 1-2 “Now if you faithfully obey the LORD your GOD and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the LORD your GOD will put you far above all the nations of the earth. All these blessing will come and overtake you, because you obey the LORD your GOD.”These minsters do not tell us that we have to obey and that if we do not obey we do not enjoy the goodness of the LORD.In the same vane, in Deuteronomy 28: 15-28, you can read about what GOD says will happen to the Israelites if they disobey his words. Deuteronomy 28: 15 “But if you do not obey the Lord your GOD by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you.” John14: 21 “The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.” So how is it that we obey our parents and obey the laws of the land, but cannot obey the LORD? Act5: 29” We must obey GOD rather than man.” Obey GOD and be willing to do his commandments and see what a difference it will make in your life. Like the song goes “trust and obey.”
December 17, 2007