FAITH CAPSULE: Allowing the word of God to be fulfilled in our life is fitting and it is also our heaven-opener.Matthew 3

Matthew 3
 
Fulfilling all righteousness is doing the will of God. In doing His will, there is no exception or compromise but to fulfill all that is required as commanded by the Lord. At John’s reluctance to baptize Jesus, Jesus responded to John, “But Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. ’” (Matthew 3:15) Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, fulfilled all the commands of God. Fulfilling the word or command of God will always bring fulfillment into the life of a believer. However, not fulfilling the word is what will hunt and hurt any of His creation. Failing to fulfill the command of God is a passage unto sin, and with sin come consequences. What is the will of God? The will of God is to fear God. It is written,“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandment, for this is man’s all.”(Ecclesiastes 12:13)Is your life centered in the fear of God? Jesus’ demonstration of obedience is evidence that there is nothingto lose but more to gain by obeying God’s word. After Jesus told John to fulfill God’s command during Jesus’ baptism, and after John obeyed, heaven was opened in response to full obedience. Matthew 3:16, “When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and Hesaw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.” Allowing the word of God to be fulfilled in our life is fitting and it is also our heaven-opener. Heaven was opened as a result of Jesus’ obedience. Obedience that provoked open heaven also prompted the voice of God to sound. It was a sound of confirmation and a sound of love. “And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) God demonstrated that when obedience is in place, He will open heaven as a blessing. Could it be that there are some unfulfilled requirements that continue to keep your heaven shut? God has never compromised His word and He will not compromise His word. In obeying God, there is blessing; in disobeying, there is curse. God was pleased with Jesus when Jesus told John not to violate the word of God. If God could be pleased with faith, it is also true that without faith God is not pleased. Please God and provoke your open heaven. Without the fear of God, walking in His commands will be impossible.
 
Prayer for today:Ask for the grace to be consistent in obedience to the word of God.