Samuel told God’s people, “If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers” (1 Sam. Then we wonder why we’re experiencing trouble and conflicts. Since God is our ultimate authority, any time we choose not to heed His commands, we are rebelling against Him. But if we delay, thinking, “I’ll take care of this tomorrow,” we may end up putting it off for weeks, months, or even years. And if we’ve offended someone else, we will quickly go to that person and ask forgiveness. When we are filled and controlled by the Spirit, our first response to sin will be confession and repentance. We won’t always make the right choices and do what God wants, but a godly person who desires to obey will immediately feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit. When we begin the morning with a sincere desire to obey the Lord, we’ll be reminded to continually turn to Him for guidance and strength throughout the day.Īn obedient life is not one of perfection. We need His help to rightly interact with people and deal with the circumstances we encounter. Each day should begin with prayer asking God for a sensitive spirit. However, if we tell them to obey us, but we ourselves neglect God’s commands, they will see the inconsistency and experience internal conflict, confusion, frustration, and ultimately disobedience. If we submit to God’s authority as we raise our children, they too will learn to follow the Lord. Our obedience to the Lord includes faithfully teaching our children to obey us. Just as almighty God is our authority and we are to obey Him, so children are to honor and obey their parents. Ephesians 6:1 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” The pattern that the Lord established in the home flows from the order He instituted in the Garden of Eden. Obedience is the first lesson we should teach in the home. Blessings come with obedience, but disobedience brings problems, heartaches, and burdens. This same principle of obedience still applies to us today. If they had obeyed Him, they would have continued to live in the midst of all His blessings but since they disobeyed, they suffered the consequences of violating His command. Adam and Eve lived in a perfect environment surrounded with beauty and abundance and when the Lord placed them in the garden, He gave only one prohibition: “From the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die” (Gen. The first lesson on obedience is found in the very beginning of the Bible. Obedience or rebellion-with God there is no middle ground. Obedience is doing what God says, how He says it, and when He says to do it. When we obey God, we demonstrate our love for Him and invite His blessings into our lives. It can be difficult and it can be unpopular, but it is undoubtedly the best way of life for believers. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Charles Stanley - Obedience in the Life of the Believer

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