Learn Divine Obedience Through Bearing with Discomfort
Bear with discomfort as you grow to see the fullness of your destiny being manifested. Stand up for your divine vision firmly in your mind and let the naysayers say what they want.
Bear with discomfort as you grow to see the fullness of your destiny being manifested. Stand up for your divine vision firmly in your mind and let the naysayers say what they want.
God, as a leader, still allows us to go through some trials in life for our faith to be tested and refined.
All the grace you need to live in godly humility is in Christ, not your human strength or strategies. It’s God who works in you, both to will and do his good pleasure (see Philippians 2:13). Hence, it’s not about you but God in you helping you to live in submission to His ways by the direction of the Holy Spirit and the Word.
In Psalm 25:9, David says God guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. So to receive and submit to God’s guidance, you must possess humility.
Ever wondered what it means for the Bible to say, “Resist the devil…” (James 4:7)? Pastor Obed Aning nails down its interpretation in this article.
God is saying that to enjoy the good things of the same land where multitudes struggle to find food and make ends meet, stop focusing on your toils; but with a yielding heart, simply obey Me.
When God told Abraham to leave his father’s household, He didn’t tell him to let Lot follow him. But Abraham allowed his nephew to follow him. Until they parted ways, Abraham never saw the promised land by revelation. Don’t carry unnecessary load on you when obeying God; it’ll be a distraction later on.
God knew you before bringing you into the world. So when He provides you leadership and says, “submit to Me,” it’s not because He wants to cage your life. No! It’s because He knows what is best for you, far beyond your knowledge.
When Apostle Paul said this to the Ephesian church, he was speaking from a spiritual-fatherly perspective. He told them to obey their shepherds in the Lord. But when it came to the biological parents, he said they should honour them (Ephesians 6:2). Why? Because Paul knew not all biological parents are also spiritual parents to their children.
If the wise men had disobeyed God, baby Jesus would have been killed by Herod. The saviour of man wouldn’t have executed His divine mandate — that is, taking away the sin of the world (John 1:29). That also means there would be nothing like salvation, and people would have continued wallowing in sin worse than today. One simple obedience has collaborated to billions of people having access to salvation today and counting.
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When you don’t understand why God tells you to do something, it’s not the time to complain to Him. You only have to do it as you trust Him. See, God isn’t only your heavenly Father. He’s also your leader. That means there are things He knows that you don’t know, and just because you don’t know something doesn’t give you the audacity to disobey Him.
What trouble have you gotten into because you mishandled your money to disobey God? You should thank Him that you’re still alive today because that means He hasn’t given up on you. Come to Jesus today!