Title: Are you willing?
Scripture: If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land – Isaiah 1:19
Obedience is difficult and requires deep commitment but it is not an option for the child of God. Obedience is a soldier quality (2 Timothy 2:3). It is his first and his last lesson. One he must learn to practice all the time without question or complaint.Obedience is the very test of our love for God. Abraham as he offered Isaac is a wonderful example of this. He didn’t ask questions. He didn’t ask why. He just got up and went. God doesn’t call us to half hearted obedience or an obedience that picks and chooses what the flesh likes.
Obedience is the key condition of your relationship with God. His Lordship over you must take precedence before your wants, desires, and needs.Faith is of the heart, invisible to men. It is that element of trust that is invisible. Your obedience is proven by your outward conduct.
Obedience is only possible with:
- A loving heart
- as God abides in us
It makes it possible for God to fill us with the fulness of his Spirit.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
[pullquote] Obedience is purely an act of the will. [/pullquote] Humility is the attitude that should pervade your life. It is only through humility that you become obedient. Jesus chose to be humble. He made Himself nothing and humbled Himself. Just as Jesus made the conscious decision to be obedient, so must you make a conscious decision to do the same. Obedience was the law of His life, and so it must be with yours. In everything He did, he was obedient.
[pullquote][/pullquote] Obedience begins with the attitude of your heart . Obedience to God that is required in the Scriptures is obedience that is produced by trust. Obedience is proof of your relationship with God.
