‘If our Lord insisted on our obedience, He would simply become a
taskmaster and cease to have any real authority. He never insists on obedience,
but when we truly see Him we will instantly obey Him. Then He is easily Lord of
our life, and we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The level of
my growth in grace is revealed by the way I look at obedience. We should have a
much higher view of the word obedience, rescuing it from the mire of the
world. Obedience is only possible between people who are equals in their
relationship to each other; like the relationship between father and son, not
that between master and servant. Jesus showed this relationship by saying, “I
and My Father are one” (John 10:30).’
CHAMBERS
Whenever I hear the
word obedience .. I think of controlling .. making someone do something they
don’t want to do. That may be true for
the world, but for God? No. We obey because
we love Him and understand that what He wants us to do is for our benefit. We can accept that God created us .. but we
have a more difficult time accepting that His ways are better than ours … it is
as if to say … I know better than you, God!
Can that be? Now you may be
thinking … but I do love God. I am just not ‘there’ yet. The way you build a relationship is by
spending time with the person. The depth of your love for the Lord is a result
of your spending time with Him. John 14:23-24 ‘Jesus answered
and said to him, "If anyone loves
Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to
him and make Our home with him.
(24) He who does not love Me does
not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who
sent Me.’
It is an issue of the depth
of love not the fact of love. Matthew
22:37 says love God with all … not some .. not sometimes … that will only come
if you are cultivating your relationship with Him everyday. Don’t be content with ‘close enough’. God has so much more for you than that. As you spend more time with Him, you will find
that your life reflects obedience to His Word. Not because you are working harder at it, but because
it is the fruit of that relationship. If
you are connected to the Vine (Jesus) you will produce the fruit of obedience. It is a natural result …. And your life will
be richer for it.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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