To Obey or not to Obey?

Before even going into this inspiration today, I will like to dedicate a part of my blog to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. I need not remind you about what is going on in that pat of the western hemisphere. To any one who is reading this, please find a way to help this people. You may not make it to the country of Haiti, but your money, your treasures, your gifts, your unused clothing, your canned foods, your phone skills, etc can reach Haiti.

My faternity, MALIK Fraternity Inc and my Church Youth Group are doing something (respectively) for our Haitian brothers and sisters. Is called Project Salvation and I will give details in the future as I get them. Also I have added a link of places you can go to help.

http://www.yele.org/
http://www.lambifund.org/

God bless Haiti! Tourjour et Tourjour!


Now the topic of Obedience should not take Christians by storm. All our lives, we have been taught to obey from our parents, to rules, to school teachers, to marital relationships, to GOD. But really what does Obedience of God mean? What does Obedience mean to the individual? To the church of God? To a country? Or to God himself?

1 Samuel 15: 22
New International Version (©1984)
But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.


The Sacred Text of the Most Holy God, The Bible is full of stories of people who chose to obey the instructions of God and those who chose the contrary. In the text above, Samuel addresses the disobedience of King Saul. I will really encourage you all to read both books of Samuel. You will learn a great deal. King Saul, an annointed servant of Christ, had made a conscious effort that instead of obeying God, to destroy the enemies to the nitty gritty, he rather chose to save some of the property of the enemy so he can SACRIFICE to God. Wrong move Saul!


Isn't this the story of our Christian walk? We have to realize that the way to God is thru complete and total obedience to God. See even Christ, (God made flesh) had to obey his fathers' will before you and I could have atonement of our sins! See Christ could have chose not to obey and could have commanded ten thousand angels times ten thousand angels to atomize the Roman soldiers. But guess what? He didnt, he obeyed unto death, just so you and I could have the chance to come to that Holy Throne, which sets us free beyond imagination. That throne which gives us the power to make wealth! That throne which provides peace, which the world does not provide...THAT THRONE OF OUR MOST HIGH KING.


We like King Saul, love to sacrifice. We rather go to church all day everyday, but not live a righteous life. We rather give money, but rather not obey God's law/word of giving our bodies as a holy sacrifice, which is our reasonable service/ministry. Hmmm. A happy life, a joyous life, a victorious life, a complete life in Christ, is a fruit of obedience. Remember what happened to Saul. Due to his obedience, God took away the annointing from him. As a Christian, without the anointing, you are no different from an Atheist! Remember is the anointing which makes the difference, and is the anointing that breaks the yoke (makes you question what the yoke is, don't worry that inspiration will come in due season).


Now compare the kingship of King Saul to the one who came right after him, King David. We see a vast difference. Due to David's obedience, and even true repentance when he sinned, God maintained his name on the throne of Israel, to the point that that child Christ, born in the manger of Bethlehem, was from the lineage of David. If you think I am lying, refer to the book of Matthew 1! Obedience may be hard to do, especially when we look at it from our human understanding, but at the end of it is life, life eternal.


Obedience to God's word is synonymous with Obedience to Parents. It makes me wonder why there is a promise to children who choose to obey their parents. God is the parent of our mind, body and soul, and once we choose to obey, just like obeying our existential parents, we will be promised with a never ending life, even after physical death has taken its place in us; we will live in heaven. Hmmmm!


Without obedience you can not have faith. How do you have faith in something when you do not see it. But guess what Obedience to God's word will prompt you to say yes you can not see it, but have faith in your God, because he calls things which were NOT, as though they ARE! Have faith because with Christ's power, YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS. (I just came from a job interview, and at this point I have faith that I have gotten the job, so all i am going to be doing from now on is thanking God for the job and making preparation for it). See obedience is what led you to Christ anyways. So why have you left it behind, just so you can sacrifice. God does not care for your sacrifice, if you can not love someone, if you can not preach to some one, if you can not live holy.


Lets do something revolutionary today, and lets obey.


God's spirit be with you all.


Your servant!