The Lord has been particular about the issue of obedience as we have been praying recently; we need to settle this matter; that God will help us to deal decisively with the issue of obedience as Calvary believers.
King Saul – 1 Samuel 15
Balaam - Numbers 22
Young prophet – 1 Kings
13
King Solomon – I Kings
11
Ananias and Sapphira –
Acts 5
When we disobey, and then repent, God is
merciful and forgives. But often, the consequences are damaging – the example
of Abraham (Ishmael); David. God
will help us examine our lives sincerely so that we can labour profitably and
not in vain for the home front.
Romans 5:19 (TLB) – “Adam caused
many to be sinners because he disobeyed
God, and Christ caused many to be made acceptable to God because he obeyed”.
18 – 19
(MSG) – “Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one
person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another
person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of
trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the
wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right”.
God doesn’t want our lives to continue to
contradict Him – it is time to arise in total obedience to the issues; specific
issues He is raising. God is deliberate about this, as this is the only kind of
life that will labour, execute properly, His kingdom in the lives of people in
the earth, in our homes. (Example of Hannah,
Jochebed, Elizabeth, Apostle Paul).
Are we still “touching” things that the Lord is
asking us to drop? Are we still quietly compromising? Are we still set in our
way in some issues (rather than His), quarrelsome, malicious, impatient, idle
chatter, gossip, are we still carrying any ID
of this world system? We must be sincere before Him.
Every single one of us is a product of a home,
even part of a home or running a home. A human being takes off in life from the
confines of a home. Now, as Calvary believers, God will help us begin to see
all of this from His eyes and His purpose.
What is the status of
my home? As Calvary believers in a home, how is Christ inside of me doing,
manifesting? Am I conscious that my obedience, whether partial or total will
have consequences in my home?
We all have responsibilities as Calvary
believers – male, female, young and old. These responsibilities are not
dependent on how conducive our homes, ours is to obey.
John 14: 15
(NLT) - “If you love me, obey my
commandments”.
AMP – “If you [really]
love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments”.
Prayers
Ø Thank You Father, that
it is mercy that You are impressing it deliberately in our hearts again and
again, this issue of total obedience. Thank You that You are desiring that we
be totally conformed to the image of Jesus. Thank You for not giving up on us.
Ø Lord, help us to
respond quickly to You. Let this issue of obedience not become a snare for us
or a hindrance to what You want to do in our homes; give us courage to deal
decisively with total evacuation, total surrender; not just in the place of
prayer, or even when we come together to pray on the platform. Lord, give us no
rest until this matter is settled. Then give us the grace to continue in this
without looking back.
Ø Lord, let “Calvary believer” not become
mere words/phrase to us, let it not be a mere tag or identity, let it become
reality. Lord, let the knowledge of the death and resurrection of Jesus be real
in our daily living.
Ø Lord, help us not to be
carried away by the “dispensation of grace”, and use that as avenue to be
inconsistent, put a fear of the consequences of disobedience in our hearts o
God! Like Job, he hated iniquity; he
was focused on integrity, even interceded on behalf of his children just in
case they erred! Lord, put a perfect hatred for disobedience in our hearts.
