Obedience
If I set my heart to obey God, He makes the yoke easy and the burden light. If I assume that what He is asking me to do is too hard, then I am right...what God calls me to requires His help. But, if I will see He is generous with His help...with Grace...and take the first step into obedience, He supplies everything I need to finish what He started... He leads, I follow, and He makes a way.
Doubt symbolizes and waters down obedience to something I can do in my own strength. Faith sees obedience as something that requires supernatural help.
I give God what is costly...my trust... and He makes it easier to trust Him. God is not a hard man. He has already proven He is willing to go to any length to save me. It is required that I have faith that He rewards those who dilligently seek Him. That faith will produce an amazing work of obedience in my life if I will simply step into obedience, trusting that He will make the burden light and the yoke easy.
Matthew 25:14“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15“And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16“Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17“And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18“But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
19“After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
21“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22“He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
23“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25‘And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27‘So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28‘Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
30‘And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
How many opportunities will I get in the course of my life to extravagantly obey God...in a way that is risky, costly, and exhilarating? I am 46 years old and I can tell you there are very few. That makes them precious...both to me and God. They REQUIRE faith, but He always rewards the faithful.
Doubt symbolizes and waters down obedience to something I can do in my own strength. Faith sees obedience as something that requires supernatural help.
I give God what is costly...my trust... and He makes it easier to trust Him. God is not a hard man. He has already proven He is willing to go to any length to save me. It is required that I have faith that He rewards those who dilligently seek Him. That faith will produce an amazing work of obedience in my life if I will simply step into obedience, trusting that He will make the burden light and the yoke easy.
Matthew 25:14“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15“And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16“Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17“And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18“But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
19“After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
21“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22“He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
23“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25‘And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27‘So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28‘Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
30‘And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
How many opportunities will I get in the course of my life to extravagantly obey God...in a way that is risky, costly, and exhilarating? I am 46 years old and I can tell you there are very few. That makes them precious...both to me and God. They REQUIRE faith, but He always rewards the faithful.
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