Luke 6:49 “But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great”.
Do you ever have seasons in your life when it seems like every time you go to church, spend time in prayer, and open the Bible, you receive a revelation from God? I do. Spiritually, everything will be going great. I will be higher than a Georgia pine. Then, suddenly, something starts to happen. I start drying up in spiritual things.
It seems like it doesn’t make any difference what I pray or how much I read the Word; I can’t get anywhere spiritually. I’m so dry my spirit’s creaking!
That used to baffle me. I didn’t know what the cause was. I didn’t have any sin in my life. I’d taken care of that. I was still praying. Still meditating. Still acting on and confessing the Word. But instead of getting results, I was getting nowhere. I would stand in front of my mirror and confess faith over and over again and the only thing that happened was that my voice got tired!
If that’s ever happened to you, may I make a suggestion? Backtrack and find the last thing God told you to do that you didn’t do–and do it!
It’s probably nothing big. Just a seemingly small thing. But, believe me, those minor disobediences will dry up the flow of the Spirit just like the major ones will.
Most of us don’t realize that. We’ll get on our knees and say, “Oh Lord, I want to go to China for You. I’ll go to Africa. I’ll go to Russia.” But when God says, “Go next door,” we just shrug it off.
“I can’t do that,” we’ll say. “That guy next door doesn’t like me. Besides, I want to be like Brother Schambach and get a big tent.”
If you’ve done something like that, repent. Then pick up where you left off and do what God directed. And from now on, remember, no matter how insignificant God’s instructions may seem, obeying them is no small thing!
OBEDIENCE is important. Obedience brings God’s Blessings. Obey what you hear (Rev: 2, 7a). Don’t listen to outsiders but do what God says = Obedience. Obedience is very important. When people see the obedience of The Word of God by believers it leads to one thing, their salvation.
Obedience gives birth to The Blessing & The Blessing gives birth to a successful life; Partial or Delayed Obedience is still Disobedience. No matter how insignificant God’s instructions may seem, obeying them is no small thing!
God is not a respecter of people, but he is a respecter of obedience, i.e. Gen 4; 3-10. We cannot just get up & worship God the way we want, we should worship Him in the way He tells us to. He Will Love us no matter what, sometimes He Wants to Bless us, but He can’t because we literally ‘handcuff’ Him by our disobedience to Him.
God states His Laws clearly so there is no excuse for disobedience, and He asked us to set a day aside and worship Him, and not to profane/blaspheme His Name.
It’s these simple acts of obedience that will make your spiritual house stand…or fall. All the small things combined become the direction of our lives. Amen.
Scripture Reading:
Luke 16:1-10
