Good day Readers I welcome you to Instruction and Obedience Part 2.
As it has been established from Part 1 of this post that ‘Instruction is a command or an order given to a person mostly by a person in the place of authority. It is also a detailed information about how something should be done or operated’.
Now let’s focus on what benefit we can derive from obeying Gods instruction:
Yielding to Instruction is key as a Christian because it is the only thing that help navigate our life into the right path. The problem now is how many people listen or even yield to instructions 1Sam.15 when the word of the Lord came to anoint Saul as the king over Israel by Samuel…this action is birthed by instruction and it was to be carried out according to Gods instruction.
…Now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord… he was instructed to smote the amalekites but in his own personal will he felt it is of no need so he decided to spare some but in vs11 the Lord said to Samuel …It repented me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments… God was grieved that he anointed Saul as the King because he failed by not obeying his Instructions.
There are benefits that comes with obeying God and these was clearly stated Deut.6vs1-3, prov.3vs1 …My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them around thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man
5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
11…My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his corrections…
Most times Gods instructions might not be palatable and this is because he is God and the way he sees is not the same as ours. He knows far beyond us but trust me what he has for us at the end is always glorious remember Jer. 29vs11 …For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Gods instruction is full of divine benefits hearken unto his leadings and you shall see your ways prosperous.
Shalom.
Felicia Olubimpe
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