October 2, 2015

Obedience: October 2, 2015

TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 2015.

OBEDIENCE

DEFINITION:

Perform as told; respond favorably as ordered.
SCRIPTURE:

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. Philemon 1:21.

Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1.



KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

The question we have for you today is how can we become a more obedient child of God? Obedience is a major characteristic of a person who is mighty in spirit. For example obedience characterized the faith of Abraham from his first encounter with God (the verse from Genesis above) until his death.

We grow in obedience by having faith in the sovereignty (all knowing and all powerful, King of Kings) of God. If we fail to believe in the sovereignty of God we will find it next to impossible to obey God or His Word (the Bible).

We will grow in our obedience to God by learning to wait for God’s timing for things in our lives. God is very time conscious, not in minutes, hours or days, but in regard to our acting according to His schedule.

In order to strengthen being obedient to God we need to refuse to subject God’s plan for us to what we feel is a common sense response or the reasoning of the world we live in. Some things that God requires of us might seem ridiculous at the time. Remember that God told Abraham when he was very old that he would have a son through whom He would bless the whole world. Just think what Abraham must have been thinking about. How could this be possible?

Later after God gives him a son, God gives Abraham the most difficult test imaginable (Genesis 22). God tells Abraham to sacrifice his only son as a burnt offering.

It must not have made any sense to Abraham. Why would God ask him to sacrifice his son after so miraculously giving him his son? Over the years Abraham had learned through some hard lessons the importance of obeying God.

Obeying God often requires giving up what we want. What a struggle it must have been for Abraham to obey God and give up the son for whom he had waited so many long years and whom he dearly loved.

In Genesis 22 we read that Abraham did not hesitate. His obedience was prompt and complete. He got up early the very next morning and saddled his donkey, cut the wood and set off with his son to the place where God told him to go. He prepared the altar; put his son on it and it was not until Abraham was just about to kill Isaac that God stopped him.

If you long to obey God, you will not hesitate when He tells you to do something. Many times we will question what God is telling us because we fear the consequences. What will my spouse think? What about my friends? How will I support my family? Remember, God will never require us to do something that is outside of His will for us. He has promised to meet our every need if we will be obedient to His will. He will take care of the consequences of our obedience to His will.


LEARNING:

Our memory verse for today is found in I John 1:3.

That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

PRAYER:

My prayer is that you would increase my sensitivity to Your will by helping me to obey the commandments that come from You. Help me to trust You, obey You and to then be blessed by You.




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