Disregarding God's Directive ...

Time of Reflection

I will say yet again that pride is something that has to go before pressing into God’s best. If the Lord has asked you to go in a specific direction, or asked you do a certain thing, are you responding in obedience? You may be questioning what God is asking of you, or even doubting Him, but as we have seen today God is big enough to handle our questions. The Israelites questioned God, but because they believed Him and gave Him glory in the end they were still allowed to press on toward His best. However, if our questions lead to such doubt that we disobey the Lord, this could lead to serious consequences. For Moses and Aaron it meant missing God’s best and never entering the Promised Land. Don’t allow pride to fool you into believing you know better than God; and especially don’t allow pride to lead you into actions contrary to what God has specified. We need to live and walk in the Lord as we read about in the lyrics of the old hymn “Trust and Obey.” In this hymn, John H. Sammis wrote, “But we never can prove the delights of His love, until all on the altar we lay. For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows, are for them who will trust and obey. Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

Min. Johnathan Hester