Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Courage and Obedience

God’s legitimate children are elected to be His princes on earth. Each one of them carries the authority to be His ambassador.
"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made ​​us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." Ephesians 2.4-6
Through the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the children of God are King Jesus’ princes. They have been chosen to do His will, according to His instructions, wherever they may be.
However, they must have the courage to obey.
What happens when an ambassador disobeys his governor’s orders? He is immediately stripped of his authority and it is given to someone else.
The same goes for those who oppose the will of God. They are considered rebellious and immediately removed.
Regardless of whether or not they were filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied when they were called. We have Saul as an example of this.
Disobedience leads to the removal of the person’s spiritual authority.
You must understand the following:
Disobeying the Lord means that you have stopped following Him, you have abandoned Him.
Obedience to the Lord means that you obey His will. This requires sacrifice, because in order for a servant to do His will, he must deny his own will.
This is why Jesus said: "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me." Mark 8.34
No doubt that it is much easier to do your own will, leave the cross on the ground and not follow Him.
But ...
What good is it to have faith to conquer the world and not have faith to obey the Word of God?
I have asked the Lord for two things:  show me Your will and give me the courage to obey it.

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