All He Wants Is Our Obedience

Matthew 28:18-20, Ephesians 4:23 &28, Romans 12:2, John 20:19, 21, & 26

We are walking in today:  All He Wants Is Our Obedience


Thank You Adonai for sending Pastor Lucinda to teach us this morning.  We must really learn how to walk in obedience to what we have been given to do!  We pray that you would pour back into her for her obedience and study in preparation for this instruction. All praise and honor belongs to You, Yahweh!

It’s good to do the Lord's work but it is better to do His will. To be sure that we do His will, we have to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. Sometimes we have to renew our own minds. God wants our obedience. He tells us that anyone who is stealing should steal no longer. We have been stealing so long that it has become the norm. We don’t even know that we’re stealing. Others are hurting because we are in a mindset that we can’t give to others because we are going through. So we are robbing others from coming out of their bondage because we are so comfortable in our own bondage. We should work and do something useful for a change. We should come off of our pity parties! We should do something useful with our own hands, so that we have something to share with those in need.  We are transformed by the renewing of our minds. Transform means to noticeably change the appearance or form. When you transform your mind, there should be a noticeable change in it. Soon after you renew your mind, you should be able to determine God’s will when it comes to Christian service. Because a person is involved in good Christian service doesn’t mean that they are doing what God wants them to do. Unfortunately, the distance between God’s will and our will can sometimes be difficult to see. The difference between doing God’s will and God’s work is that when we do God’s will, He’s working through our lives to do His work. When we do Gods work, we’re acting on our own leading to accomplish a Christian project. Instead of asking God what He wants us to do, we sometimes tell Him what we’re going to do and expect Him to bless it. A minister once paraphrased the Lord’s Prayer by saying, “Thy kingdom come and my kingdom must leave. Thy will be done and my will must be smashed.” There is nothing more important than God’s will and it can only be found by denying our own will! When people interact with those who over ministries, they should be left thinking more about Jesus Christ than the one they are interacting with. A major danger, however, of doing God’s work with your own strength is spiritual burnout. If your spiritual project is causing you to neglect the spiritual or emotional needs of your family, you’re doing something that is out of God’s will. A good man knows his limitations. It’s essential that we understand our limits and pace ourselves accordingly. All He wants is our obedience. There is an ancient Greek race where the winner is not the first one to cross the finish line, but the first one to cross the finish line with his torch still burning. Sometimes we are so busy with life’s activity that we are in danger of the torch of our spiritual lives being extinguished. We have to balance our priorities. All He wants is our obedience. God said that He would support us. He will never let the righteous be forsaken. So be careful. All He wants is our obedience. In seeking the Father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: All Is Justified. If you are too busy to pray and read your Bible, then you are busier that God intends you to be! Trust Him and He will direct your path. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. He can force you to make the right decision even by closing doors for you. Don’t despair when God allows problems to come your way. They may be the answer that you were looking for. All He wants is our obedience. Fiveamprayer, let us walk in obedience unto the most high God, the Lord God Almighty!  To hear this again click here.