TOPIC: ABRAHAM(OBEDIENCE)
TEXT: HEBREW 11:8 “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”
MEMORY VERSE: GALATIANS 3:9 “So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”
FOCUS
This morning, we will be looking at the power of Obedience in becoming a sign and a wonder. Obedience is taking God raw and acting raw. That is, when it comes to Obedience to God, there is no negotiation. You are not allowed to negotiate and you are not allowed to think if it is correct or not be it a personal or a corporate instruction.
God in his infinite mercy has given us the opportunity, that each time we obey him, we become a sign and a wonder. Looking at the life of Father Abraham, he demonstrated complete Obedience to God. God said to him “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee”. Abraham does not know this land and he has never been there but because he trusted God’s instruction, he launched out. He left his Father and Mother and traveled to a land he has never seen. This is complete, total, and absolute Obedience.
Obedience does not pay God, Obedience pays you. So each time you take a bold step to obey God, you have taken a bold step to be a sign and a wonder. The level of signs and wonders you will enjoy is proportional to how you obey God. Those who treat instructions with levity always end up as a liability. But when you take your instructions seriously, when God says “Do this” and you are there to do it, not partially but totally and absolutely, then God will begin to show himself in your life.
Signs and wonders are our desires. Yes. But how many instructions have you obeyed? What about your personal instructions? What about the corporate instructions? What about your family instructions? Until we obey, we are not permitted to become a sign and a wonder.
LESSON
JAMES 2:21-23
“[21]as not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
[22]Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
[23]And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”
We are still looking at how we can become a sign and a wonder through the power of Obedience. The power of Obedience starts from your heart. If you are going to obey God, it actually starts from your heart.
Abraham was not justified by works alone but he demonstrated it by offering Isaac on the altar. The faith of Abraham produced evidence for him and he became a living proof of God’s signs and wonders.
When you want to embark on the journey of Obedience, it starts from your heart. You must obey God in your heart first. Sometimes we doubt but there are people who do not doubt but they still suffer from unbelieve. Those who doubt will first believe and later, they will change their mind. While those who do not believe at all, as they hear about the promises of God, they go against it and they say things like: “No it is not possible” or “How can..”. So you see the way it goes. But when Go begins to move your heart to a place of Obedience, I believe that the place of Obedience is a place where God transforms you from an ordinary person to an extraordinary person.
You may not understand how it works, but each time you obey God, he transforms you from ordinary to extraordinary. He makes you a sign and a wonder. Look at how many years that Abraham has died and till today we are still singing “Abraham blessings are mine”. Why? Because he got whatever he wanted by Obedience and because of Obedience, he became exonerated. God moved him from ordinary to extraordinary that even till date, people still name their children “Abraham” and they even tell their children to pattern their lives like him. This is what Obedience does. Remember that until you obey, you can not become a sign and a wonder. God bless you.
PERSONAL CONFESSION.
I receive grace to obey my personal instructions and cooperate instructions as it applies to me daily.
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me from the spirit of disobedience in the name of Jesus Christ.
NOTE:Nothing triggers signs and wonders like instant Obedience.
FOOD FOR THOUGHTS
Obedience will always birth signs and wonders.
OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.