Lift up your voice and give God praise from the depth of your heart. Ask Him to speak to you this morning, let His Word come your way in Jesus mighty name we have prayed.
According to God’s Word every blessing of the Kingdom is in response to our obedience (Deuteronomy 28:1-2).
Every blessing of the kingdom is in response to our obedience. (James 1:25)
In this kingdom, blessing is not for nothing. Blessing is for obedience. Until you and I are committed to obeying God’s commandment we cannot be partakers of God’s blessing.
As far as God is concerned there is no reason that is ever tenable with God for disobedience. In 1 Samuel Chapter 15, the Bible tells us a commandment was given to Saul to go against the Amalekites to defeat them and not to spare anyone or anything. But in verse 15, the Bible tells us that Saul began to make excuse when Samuel asked a simple question ”What is this bleating of sheep that I hear?”. Saul said “they were brought from the Amalekites, the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God and the rest we have utterly destroyed”.
They said we have brought all of this for the purpose of sacrifice to God, but that excuse was not acceptable to God. As far as God is concerned there is no excuse that is tenable for disobedience.
In verse 21 we see the next excuse that was given by Saul, he said “But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal”. He said we brought the best things to offer to God, not just sheep or oxen the chief of the things to offer to God but that was not still acceptable to God.
We see the final excuse in verse 24, Saul went with the majority, he went with the popular opinion but it was against God’s commandment and that excuse was not tenable. God said “this day the kingdom has been torn out of your hands” because of disobedience.
I like us to understand that while the blessing of God answers to our obedience, disobedience will always destroy our heritage in the kingdom.
If you are going to be a partaker of the heritage of the redeemed, then you and I must commit ourselves to obedience. God’s servant has said over the years that obedience might be costly but the end result is priceless.
- I see each one of us securing the priceless end result of obedience in the mighty name of Jesus.
Our line of exhortation for this week is going to be focused on: OBEDIENCE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN VOICE.
Let’s begin this morning by recognizing that the Bible is a practical manual for profitable living.(Joshua 1:8). The commandment is from God, but the profit is to you. Every commitment of God carries profit to you, the Word of God tells us in Hebrews 4:2 that every word of God is ordained to profit us.
The word of God is ordained for our profiting (2 Timothy 3:16-17). The commandment of God is the pattern of the profit, He has made available to you. In other words without aligning with the word of God you go from profiting to loss. The profit of our walk with God can only be obtained by our adherence to the commandment of God. So, it is obedience to those commandment that determines our profit.
Isaiah 48:17
Our Christian adventure is ordained to be a profitable one but what determines our profit or loss is whether we obey or disobey. Obedience is the key to our profit.
The profit of our walk with God is not determined by the length of our walk of God, but our obedience in our walk with God. “I have been a Christian for 40 years” is not what determines the profit, what determines the profit is obedience. That is why you see new converts who obey God and see massive profit in their life. It is not about time but our commitment to obedience.
-From this day onward, you will not make losses again in your Christian adventure. You will not make losses again in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let’s look at the example of Abraham in Genesis 22:16-18, The Bible tells us that God asked Isaac to sacrifice his only son. Abraham stepped into a sworn blessing by obedience. That blessing has been speaking from generation to generation to the point that now we talk about the blessings of Abraham (Galatians 3:14-15). The Bible recognises the particular blessing that characterized the descendants of Abraham. That is what the Jews are still enjoying till today, they are not rising by effort they are rising by blessing. That blessing came on the premise of their obedience.
So you and I are going to understand that we are going to see the blessings of Abraham, we must follow the example of Abraham’s obedience (Isaiah 51:1-3), these are the pictures that God has as the profit of our walk with him, but He said follow after the pattern of Abraham. The example of obedience.
We must know therefore that to enjoy the profit of our connectivity to God, obedience is a must. It’s not enough to cry out and speak of your connectivity to God, the loudest voice you can have with God is your obedience.
Obedience speaks louder than voice. The Bible tells us about two sons, the first one the father came to him and said “go to my vineyard and work” and he said “I go Sir” but he never went while the second one said “No I will not go” but later he repented and went. He said which of them did the will of the father? The second one. The first one had voice while the second one has obedience.
Obedience is always louder than voice. God hears more of what we do than what we say (Jeremiah 17:10).
God will response to you more for what you do than what you say.
Your obedience is the loudest voice you can have with God. When the voice of your obedience reaches God, God’s blessing reaches you.
-May each one of us receive grace to have the loud voice of obedience in our life, we will no longer have loses in our walk with God in the mighty name of Jesus.
Lift up your hands and reach out to heaven to receive grace. I receive grace to be not just a hearer but a doer. Receive grace for continuous, steadfast and persistent obedience. Lift up your voice and pray that prayer from the depth of your heart.
Speak to the Day.
Another opportunity is here for the advancement of God’s kingdom, another work week is here speak to it right now. Declare what the day must deliver and do it with the authority of faith from the word of God.
You shall declare a thing and it shall be established unto you. Speak to the day right now.
-This day is declared blessed
- This new work week all things continue to work for your good.
- All through this week blessings continue to answer to you, it shall be a productive week, a blessed week, a testimony filled week.
- All through the week no mishap happens to you.
In Jesus mighty name we pray. Amen.
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