Obeying God can be easy or it can be hard, but whether easy or hard it is always peaceful. Don't fight it, because there is a blessing attached to obedience. When we obey our parents they bless us and do much more for us because we gladden their hearts. How much more our Father in Heaven when we obey Him? God loves us so much and He knows what is best for us. But just as teenagers like to rebel because they think their way is better and their old fashioned parents do not understand them, so do many children of God do the same. God is not old fashioned. God is really really cool and awesome! Have you ever looked at all the technology gadgets you are enjoying today? Do you know that God created the people who invented smart phones for instance? God opened up that part of their brain to advance the world. God is very aware and very current. Our God is not old fashioned.
God's intelligence supercedes ours incomparably so, what does He do? He humbles Himself and comes down to our level so we can grow in Him by giving us specific instructions our human brains have the capacity to process and understand. In Genesis 19:17 explicit instructions were given to Lot and his family to escape for their lives and not look behind them. Very simple instruction. Sometimes God demands that you move away from your comfort zone in order to serve Him more efficiently and fulfill your purpose. If you keep your eyes on Him, you will flourish. If you moan and groan about what you are leaving behind, you are like Lot's wife and the consequence of her disobedience was instant. She turned into a pillar of salt! When you look at the life of Abraham and the life of Lot, the difference is very clear. One walked in obedience and one did not. One lived for God and one lived for the flesh. When we live to satisfy ourselves instead of the God who created us, our lives can go off track and end up tragically. Obeying God is worth it. He already knows what lies ahead but we don't, so why not submit?
I recently moved back to Nigeria (my home country) by the leading of God. I lived in the US from 1999 - 2015. I had been away for so long that everything seemed so strange to me. But I have not been sad for one day that I obeyed His leading. I am so peaceful about it even though it has been a major change for me and my family. If you are someone who takes your relationship with God seriously and you love Him and seek to obey Him, you will know when He does not endorse a decision you make. Any decision you make in your life that does not have the peace of God attached to it, is not of God. Seek God in everything. Seek His will for your life, your marriage, your children, your career, your ministry. So He can guide you to fulfill your maximum purpose. Without God's guidance we are derailed and only by His grace and mercy are some able to recover before major tragedy strikes.
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
John 14:21 KJV
The best way to show we love and honor God, is to obey Him. Jesus will reveal more and more of Himself to us if we obey His Word and seek to do His will. We should never be disobedient because there is always a consequence. Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt never to breathe again, laugh again, touch or be touched. She was stuck, a statue left to the mercy of others. If we disobey God, we are inviting stagnation into our lives. We will not flourish and depend on others to survive. We become charity cases and liabilities instead of being assets. Don't let others chip away at you because they need salt to cook in their households. Don't let others take advantage of you because you refuse to follow the ways of God. Stagnation is one of the worst things that can ever happen to us. Stagnation prevents us from fulfilling why we are created and if we are not fulfilling why we are created, we are empty vessels. We must be productive for God and filled by God so we run our race effectively. We cannot be productive if we disobey God. May God help us to truly tune in to Him and trust His ways are perfect for us.
© 2016 Bella Alex-Nosagie
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