FAITH CAPSULE: Obedience to God is seeking Him diligently.
Genesis 22
It is reasonable for all to know, understand, and be mindful of the truth that God alone created all to live life for His glory and honor.
Revelation 4:11 records, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will, they exist and were created.”
There is no reasonable excuse for anyone not to live life for the glory and honor of God but to take God for granted.
In your service to God, are you pleasing yourself but displeasing God? Knowing God as a long-suffering God without living life for His glory is not a license for any man not to be living life for the glory of God.
Living for God by lifting your hands in submission should be with the expectation of reaching God.
Live for God to remain connected with God as a way of life.
God is a good God; He is worthy.
All should seek God diligently with all heart and with all soul to find Him. Deuteronomy 4:29 speaks to all, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” What do we do to live life for God when seeking God diligently instead of taking God for granted?
1. TO SEEK GOD DILIGENTLY is obedience to HIS WORD
Exodus 19:5 recorded, “Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.”
The Old Testament records the obedience of the Israelites.
The New Testament records the benefit of the demonstration of the disciples of Jesus.Luke 5:4-6 states, “When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless, at Your word, I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.”
Obedience is seeking God to live for His glory. Disciples of Jesus obeyed to be enabled to live life for God as a fisher of men.
2. TO SEEK GOD DILIGENTLY will fear God, not to withhold from His word.
Abraham lived life for the glory of God. Abraham could not withhold from the command of God.
God recognized the obedience of Abraham to His word and said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now, I know that you fear God since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Genesis 22:12)
Abraham could not take God for granted but lived for God by seeking God with all his heart and soul.
Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live life for His glory.