Another Christian Four Letter Word...OBEY

I am not sure why so many Christians think they can pick and choose what they will and will not do in their walk with God.

We come to church when we please.  We join and quit ministries depending on how we feel at the moment.  One day we are paying our tithes and giving offerings, then suddenly we just think we'll take a break from that and handle business.  

One of the new phrases I hear thrown around a lot is, "He or she is in their emotions."

That bugs me.

It's the new catch phrase for anyone who is acting inappropriately because they are upset for one reason or another.

In the flesh.

God expects us to obey Him no matter how we feel.  No matter the cost.  

Is it always easy?

NO!

Will we sometimes fail?  

YES!

But, the heart that wants to obey God pushes towards that obedience through prayer, repentance, and yes, fasting.

The disciple of Christ who wills to do the Father's will does not make excuses or just throw up their hands and say...

Well, when God chooses to deliver me from this I can obey Him.

No!  They are storming the heavens, asking, seeking, knocking, until they are walking in God's will.

Seeking to obey God is no light or passive thing it's a desperation knowing one day we will stand before Him and have to give an account.

Do you and I really want to stand before Him and say...

 well God I would have obeyed you but...

I think not.

The mark of being Christlike is obedience.

The mark of being carnal and not Christs' is lawlessness or disobedience.

You choose.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.  Phil 2:8