DCLM Sincere Milk 15 February 2022 — Just obey
DCLM Sincere Milk 15 February 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Just obey!
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TOPIC: JUST OBEY!
TEXT: GENESIS 26:4-6
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Key Verse: “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws” (Genesis 26:5).
MESSAGE:
We see in Genesis 26:1-4 that God repeated and reestablished His past promises with Abraham to Isaac, his son. How did Abraham come to deserve such quality promises that extends to generations after him? God Himself tells us the reason in Genesis 26:5 -“Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws”.
Our obedience to God is very important. The obedience of Abraham recognized by God was not merely an act of morality or good behaviour. It was an obedience of faith and the fear of God. He trusted God enough to act on His ‘statutes’ and His ‘laws’. He knew that God’s word is alive. It has life of itself, able to fulfill any matter God sends it to do.
His word, whether as written or spoken, heals, saves, delivers, makes barren women to have children, raises the dead, cleanses the leper, defeats enemies, purifies from sin and corruption. It can also change the worst of sinners.
There is nothing impossible with God. Obedience to God’s word is the key to miracles, signs and wonders. This obedience of faith earned Abraham justification before God, and an everlasting covenant. Just obey!
Prayer: Lord, help me to always trust in You and obey Your word.
Further Reading: Romans 4:1-3
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
