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Obedience to God is difficult; however, the difficulty does not always come from the enormity or nature of the God-given task. At times the difficulty arises because we get in the way of our obedience. It seems as though we are able to engage in everything else rather than being focused on the assignment that God has placed before us. I believe that one of the reasons for this dilemma is our inability to submit to God. Submission is difficult. Submission means that we must be willing to surrender our desires to God. We must be willing to sacrifice our dreams on the altar of obedience and trust that what God desires for us is far greater than anything we could conceive for ourselves. Maybe the true difficulty with submission is that it pushes us to not just believe in God, but to believe God.
If I asked a believer if he or she believed in God, that individual would probably respond with a resounding yes. If I asked a believer if he or she believed God, that individual might think I was being repetitive. But believing in God and believing God are not the same. Believing in God has to do with accepting the presence and existence of God as a certainty, but believing God has to do with unwavering trust in the promises of God. I am convinced that resolute confidence in the promises of God makes submission possible. For if I believe that God wants the best for me, there should be no problem submitting to God. It’s time to submit to God and move forward in obedience!
Peace and Blessings,
Pastor Mike
Steven R. Lewis II
/ March 24, 2010Psalms 81:11-12 says, “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.”
In other words, My beloved chosen people did not pay attention to me nor did they obey me and because of that I had let them see for themselves the disgrace of disobedience. How easy us God’s chosen forget that obedience is a reward, not a punishment. For all that we do to displease God on a daily basis, His mercy gifts us the privilege to be obedient to his plan despite our many faults and frailties. Praise be unto the Potter that he does not throw out marred (broken, flawed) pieces of clay, but reshapes them into vessels fit for his service HALLELUJAH! As Psalms 81:13 say, “If my people would but listen to me, If Israel would follow my ways.” Grace and Peace from our loving Daddy be unto you.
warrior
/ June 17, 2010I will say that believing in God is hard at times. As a women it is hard to believe that God would want the best for you. When I think of the question that david ask God’why are you so mindful of me”, it makes MY SOUL WANT TO KNOW WHY DOES GOD LOVE ME SO MUCH TO BE MINDFUL OF ME. Its hard to understand this love that God has. That is what He is. I dont look at God as some punk, but its crazy to be loved the way God loves us. When you never had someone love you with all your mess, it will bring you to a place to want to be obedient toward Him. For me Pastor Mike, I am seeing God’s love melt that hardness away in my heart. To hear God speak thru you sometimes it sounds like I heard that voice before. I have come to terms that it has been hard for me to believe in Him cause there are some areas in my life where I had to be my own god, PROTECT ,DEFEND and make my own crazy choices. Especially the compromising Ive done in my walk with the Father. The compromising has been robbing me of knowing who God is in me and who I am in Him. Obedience is a key toward precious doors of destiny and purpose in life. Thank you Pastor Mike for allowing God to use you as MORE THAN ONE tool to break people free from the most scariest places in life. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT PETER DID, STRENGTHENING THE BRETHERN:)).