GOD DIRECTS US ON WHAT TO DO

HE DIRECTS US ON WHAT TO DO      Sunday June 28, 2015

Text: Isaiah 48:16 – 22         Memory verse: v 17

God wants us to whole heartedly obey Him and He will lead us to make profit and prosper in life. Unfortunately, the hardest things for us is that whole hearted obedience. From time to time, God had made known to us, all necessary doctrines; which, if observed by us, would have been infinitely profitable to us, both for this life and that to come.

It is not God’s fault that we didn’t benefit from all He had taught us. Rather it is our own fault that we have not profited from all that God taught us. In 45:18, God lamented their inability to heed His commandments which would have benefited them. God did all He could to make Israel good but they couldn’t obey His instructions.    

Do we not make God to lament by our refusal to repent despite all the teachings and warnings we receive? What we have learnt would have taken us to another level of Christianity and prosperity but not so, rather, we chose to do things in our own way. The Israelis were very obstinate and stiff necked (Deuteronomy 31:27 & Jeremiah 17:23). Their stories in the Bible were to warn us. We should not after reading all these fail God as they did. Following God’s directions will make us prosper and make heaven at last.

Food for Thought: No external attention, even to things which God has commanded, can be accepted as a substitute for an obedient heart.

Prayer: Lord, grant me an obedient heart to follow your directives for my life in Jesus name.