Encouragement
BLESSED OBEDIENCE
Our good Lord has taught me the importance of obedience. There is no alternative for Obedience! Sometimes we learn obedience in very hard way. But praise the Lord that He is so concerned about us and longs to see that we learn obedience which not only changes our lives but brings us to the place of abundance blessings which He has kept for us.
I believe Christmas event is nothing but the manifestation of obedience towards God Almighty! If we study the Word of God, the Bible we will know that how wonderfully and systematically the Masiah was brought to the earth by systematic obedience!
In the gospel of Luke chapter one We see the obedience of Mary the virgin. After having conversation with angel Gabriel she said to the angel, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her” (Luke 1:38). Mary was submisive, obedient to the Word of God!
Obedience is the result of humility. If the person is humble enough he/she indeed obedient. Even Joseph after knowing about Mary that she was with child thought of leaving her secretly but when the angel of the Lord told Joseph about Mary that, “20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:20, 21). Joseph instantly obeyed the angel`s words, “ 24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:” (Matthew 1:24).
Jesus being in the form of God, he was obedient: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fasion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:” (Philippians 2:5-9).
Because of the obedience of Mary and Joseph God could bring Jesus into this earth. Because of the obedience of Jesus God could restore human being back to Himself. God created man in His own image and likeness. He loved all with an everlasting love and therefore He purchased them back by the precious blood of Jesus Christ His Son which was shed on the Cross. Obedience is the key to abundant blessings.
God told Abraham, “Get out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father`s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and thou shalt be a blessing” (Genesis 12:1-2). “So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him” (Genesis 12:4). Instant obedience!
Beloved, it because of the obedience of God`s people in the past we can celebrate Christmas today. Because of the obedience of Jesus the Son of God we can know true and living God and come into His relationship and fellowship and restored back to Him through the shed blood of our Lord Jesus on the cross of Calvary!
Please realize one thing that God intended to have eternal relationship and fellowship with man in the garden of Eden but man delibarate disobedience lost everythin by selling himself to the devil. But the obedience of Jesus His Son, by dying on the cross and shedding his blood restored back man into blessed relationship and fellowship with God Almighty! Read Roman 5:19, “For as by one man`s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
Obedience seems to be tough but God gives grace to His people. The Hymn word read,
“Trust and obey for there is no other way,
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!”
By your obedience to the Word of God, He wants to bless others abundantly and bring them into His realtionship and fellowship and restored them back to Himself! Look what the Word of God says, “Wherefor seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrew 12:1-2).
Jesus obeyed his Father. It was very tough indeed. The cross and the crucifixon, the cruel death. By thinking in the Gathesemane garden Jesus sweated blood. It was horrible but he willingly obeyed to goon the cross seeing that by his sacrifice many will come back into the realtionship and fellowship with Heavenly Father. That was his joy! So by his obedience we can enjoy our salvation and our fellowship with our Heavenly Father! What a blessed thing to obey, isn`t it?
As we get busy in the Christmas season, let us not forget to meditate on the “obedience.” Becasue of the obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ we could celebrate his birth. Let us lift up our voices and sing with reverence:
“Lord I lift your name on high X 2
Lord I love to sing your praises
I am so glad you are in my life
I am so glad you came to save us
You came from heaven to earth
To show the way
From the earth to the cross
My detbs to pay
From the cross to the grave
From the grave to the sky
Lor I lift your name on high” =
May our good Lord continue to bless you richly and may He be the reason to celebrate this Christmas!
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