FAITH CAPSULE: Are you living a life of obedience or disobedience?

Judges 16

The word of God demands obedience to His word. The word of God is with promises to be manifested in the life one with obedient to God, living life obeying God. In the journey of life, it is for all to be responsible for doing or not doing as commanded by God with the expectation of what one does.
Are you living a life of obedience or disobedience?
Obedience to God which is the word of God will drive a man to arrive at God’s divine assignment while disobedience will derail a man’s arrival to God’s divine assignment.
Abraham lived a life of obedience to the word of God. God called him out of his land and his family when he answered obediently to God. The test of God for Abraham was his obedience for answering God’s calling to go and sacrifice Isaac, his son. Genesis 22:1-3 records: “Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.”
Abraham’s obedience was counted as a faith which positioned him in God’s divine assignment. (Hebrews 11:8)
Abraham obeyed, he could not fail before God but was able to claim the promises of God for his life. (Hebrews 11:17)
Just like Abraham, any obedient to God’s word will arrive at God’s divine assignment. How is your journey of life in obedience to God?
Disobedience of Samson was costly:
Before the birth of Samson, his parent received God’s word for Samson and his mother to actively obey. Judges 13:3-5 records: “And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4 Now, therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. 5 For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” The word of God to obey comes with painful consequence when it is disobeyed.
Samson fell in love with Delilah. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his strength is from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah orders a servant to cut Samson’s hair, thereby enabling her to turn him over to the Philistines.
Give self to obeying God’s word not disobeying His word.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable your obedience to His word as your way of life.