Commitment: The Rewards Of Obedience

III. LOVE

The last reward of obedience that I’ve come up with is that of Love. When we give up our lives to God and our totally sold out for Him, something wonderful happens. We are filled with an unexplainable Love. Why would it be that once we decide to follow God and put Him first in our lives, would we be filled with an unexplainable love? Could it be, maybe, just maybe, it’s because THAT GOD IS LOVE! (1 Jn.2:5-6 says, But if anyone obeys His word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.) A reward of obedience is love, but it entails some things we need to follow. It says we must walk as Jesus did. So how did Jesus walk? Jesus walked and lived by following two simple principles. (Matt.22:37-39 says, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.) If we want to live and walk and Jesus did, this is a good place to start! A life of obedience is a life rewarded with the amazing and unfailing gift of God’s unending Love!

CONCLUSION

(1 Cor.13:13 says, And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.) This morning I pray that you can see that we are truly blessed. That God has rewarded us beyond our wildest imagination. The only thing that He requires in return is for us to be sold out for Him. This morning have you accepted the rewards that God is wanting and waiting to give you? Have you stepped out in faith, saying Lord use me, in your way and in your time? Have you experienced the hope that comes from knowing a God that cares about your life so much that he knows you by name? Have you seen the unending and unfailing Love that only comes from serving a Risen Savior? If your answer is no to any of these questions, today is the day to make that change, today is the day to make that commitment!