Nature obeys God, even tornados are generated when the conditions are just right.
Sometimes, or often, people think if we experience God the way we want, THEN we will obey. But, that is not true nor biblical. God calls believers to obedience period. You don't have to understand. You don't even have to like it.
It's through obedience, which is really faith in action, when we begin to see God working and doing stuff. Sometimes God and I are on the same time table. If we are not, then it is I who is out of alignment with Him and not the other way around.
What can hinder God from working in our lives effectively? Unconfessed sin. God already knows that everyone sins and He even expects it. It's when we don't acknowledge that we do wrong against Him, not confessing it, and asking for His forgiveness is when we go wrong.
There are countless (okay, maybe not countless, but a lot) times when God wanted to wipe out His people, but through His people repenting, God changed His mind.
Actually, sometimes it wasn't even His people, rather people who realized they just needed God and they humbled themselves before God and asked Him to be Lord in their lives.
When we step out to obey God, it's not always pleasant. It does cost something. Sometimes it costs everything. But, in the end, it's always worth it, if we see with God's heart and eyes, rather than our narrow, limited view.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Tues, 6-Mar-2012 - Obedience
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