The Obedience God Requires

It takes intentional effort for you and me to act right, change lanes, and to learn more about ourselves. Our omniscient God knows the heart of man and what it will take to show man his need of obedience to God. There must be a standard identified. Our God does this with the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. God made Adam aware of His goodness in the garden but was careful to reveal what he should not touch. God was also careful and diligent in sharing the consequences that would follow if Adam failed to heed the set limits. Nothing has changed.

God desires obedience in our relationship with Him. He desires that we learn, know, and understand just how important our walk with Him is, especially when we align with Him and His Word.  Walking confidently, within the limits that He has set keeps us safe from the craftiness of the enemy. The Lord lets us know that if we take heed and listen to the wrong god, we shall surely die. Here lies the key to life: with the Holy and Righteous Jehovah God, there is life, light, and goodness; whereas with the evil one, there is death, darkness, and destruction.

PRAYER: Lord, we thank you for the ability to know that You are good and righteous. There is none holier than You. You knew all along that our hearts would take us to harmful places where You are not glorified and Your principles are not honored. Thank You for loving us so that once we have identified with Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, we are Yours, and You will not let us go from Your presence. We know conviction by the Holy Spirit and how You arrange situations in our lives that cause us to run back to You with the confession of our sin.   Then, once we realign ourselves with Your truth, we can be restored, delivered, set free, embrace life again. Thank You!! For we want the avenue of righteousness. In Jesus’ Name-Amen.
By Sis. Lisa Williams