TRUST AND OBEY

                                                   TRUST AND OBEY 

“Trust and Obey, for there is no other way;

  To be happy in Jesus, just Trust and Obey.”

                 These wonderful lines are taken from an old hymn. Obedience is the key to our success. We cannot climb up if we don’t learn to trust and obey Gods word. Whenever the Lord speaks we need to simply believe and do what He calls us to do. Trusting and Obeying go hand in hand. You cannot say God spoke to you and not do anything about it!

Abraham’s life is a candid example to these words. We read in Genesis chapter 22, when he heard the voice of the Lord; he went up to the mount moriah to offer his son as a sacrifice.  Yahweh our Lord protected his son by asking Abraham to withhold his hand, and Lord blessed him and multiplied his descendants as the stars in the sky. The Lord looks to see if we are fully trusting and following His word.

Many a times we hear the voice of our God but do not respond to Him. We try to over smart God by applying our limited knowledge to His infinite wisdom. I agree sometimes the instructions are strange to our human mind but it takes time to realize that His guidance and His ways are the best.

Do you remember how Noah was instructed by God to build an ark? It seemed ridiculous to build an ark during the time when there was no rain. We read in Genesis chapter 7and 8, Noah simply believed and obeyed the Lord, when warned of things not yet seen.

If God has told you to do something, do not doubt nor delay. Though it sounds illogical and absurd to your mind, by trusting and obeying God, You will find yourself much blessed and favored all your life. Think of Noah if he did not take Gods word seriously, he and his family would not have been alive.

Let me conclude with the incident in John chapter 21 verses1 to 15. Simon Peter and other disciples had toiled all night and caught no fishes. Nevertheless when they trusted and obeyed Jesus they were blessed bountifully. We see that none questioned the word of the Lord. He knows what is unknown and hidden to you. That is why I repeat” Trust and obey” and experience the awesome and miraculous work of God in your lives.