JOURNAL=3-11-15=OBEDIENCE TO GOD
(Thus says the Lord)=”This rather is what I commanded them: LISTEN to me voice-then I WILL be your God-and you shall be MY PEOPLE” Jeremiah 7:23
Are you OBEDIENT to God? Are you obedient to anyone or anything? In today's culture-you would think OBEDIENCE is a dirty word-That is ALL the Lord asked the children of ISRAEL-in RETURN for his protection and his friendship
And that is ALL-he asks of us in today's world-PEOPLE 2600 years ago found that following God's WILL was difficult-and I think it is TRUE of us today too-And so I ask you too-DO you have enough CONFIDENCE in God's will to FOLLOW HIM
AFTER ALL-isn't that what Jesus said-”COME FOLLOW ME.......”
It may be a little UNCOMFORTABLE at first-but I assure you-we are STILL getting the BEST END of the deal
Dear Lord-we PRAY-HELP US to grow in love-trust-humility-and OBEDIENCE
it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in God's LOVE for us-and a great to be OBEDIENT to the leadership of GOD and the Lord
Obedience
to God
It
is important
To
hear the word of God
It
is important to listen
To
what God is telling us to do
The
question becomes
Are
we obedient
To
what God is telling us
If
we are
True
followers of God
God
sometimes asks us
To
do some very difficult things
“But
the one
Who
hears my words
And
does not put them in to practice
Is
like a man
Who
built a house without a foundation
The
moment the torrent
Struck
that house
It
collapsed
And
its destruction was complete” Luke 6:49
Love,
forgiveness, kindness
Christ
tells us what is rock
Was
he right
YOU
KNOW he was
Nothing
was ever built on hatred
Being
obedient to God
May
be to just keep being kind
To
that same difficult person
That
turns their head
When
we say hello
That
treats us with contempt
That
thinks we are beneath them
Being
kind to that same difficult person
That
takes us for granted
Over
and over and over again
Christ
taught us
About
a different kind of love
It
is called agape
And
it means, “love your enemies”
“If
your enemy is hungry
Give
them food to eat
If
he is thirsty
Give
him water to drink
In
doing this,
You
will keep burning
Coals
on his head
And
the Lord will reward you” Proverbs 25 : 21 &
22
Being
a Christian
Means
not only listening, hearing,
And
knowing the Word of God
But
being obedient to God
When
he asks you
To
do something difficult and uncomfortable
Do
you think
Christ
wanted to be mocked, ridiculed, humiliated, crucified
And
die a shameful death
Of
course not---but he did it
Because
that is what God---His Father---
Our
Father---told him to do
“Those
who obey his commands
Live
in him
And
he in them
And
this is how we know
That
he lives in us
We
know it by the spirit
That
he gave us” 1 John 3 : 24
So
the next time
God
asks you
To
do that difficult task
To
love that difficult person
Who
treats us with contempt
Lord
please help us to always say yes
Like
Jesus---Your Son---and our eternal Brother
Robert
P. Wallman
6-16-11
3-11-15
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