Obedience in God

Day LXX

Brothers and Sisters today let us take a look at our obedience with God. Obedience in God is our duty to trust him, accept his words and do whatever God want us to do, we do it immediately without question or doubt.

Let us look on these verses that would give us the a great sample of total obedience.

Luke 1

 28 The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. 30 So the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God! 31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 33 He1 will reign over the house of Jacob2 forever, and his kingdom will never end.” 34 Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” 35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God. 
 36 “And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. 

There are numerous example of total obedience in God shown in the bible. Like Mary, Abraham and his wife Sarah believed in the promise of getting a son. Moses was asked to lead Israelite community to the promise land. Is it easy? Definitely NOT. They obeyed because they believed in the great power of God because they have faith that God can do anything. Mary was obedient even not knowing HOW, Abraham and Sarah accepted the promise not knowing WHEN, after having a Son - Abraham followed to sacrifice his only son not knowing WHY, Moses obeyed not knowing WHERE, and there are number of stories that tested human faith to trust God.

In our times, do we have the capacity to obey without question? What do you think? Can we do it?

The answer is WE HAVE TO. The stories in the bible not only gives you the command to follow but also given us testimonies that if we follow great things are prepared for us. God tested our faith because he have the great plan for us. May these words be part of our inner man and may our spirit absorb these message.

Dear brothers and sisters God loves YOU and ME, He never left us in darkness - he sent the HOLY SPIRIT to be our helper to have the confidence and strengthen our faith. All we need is to pray.