FAITH CAPSULE: Submission to God shall follow God in life.
Genesis 22
Live a life of submission to God.
Submission to God is to give self to God, following not to miss the kingdom of God.
In the journey of life, there is no excuse for rich or poor from following God, otherwise, not to make the kingdom of God shall be for not following God.
In the journey of life, whatever a man is holding onto against the command of God is not in submission to God, will not follow God to make it to the kingdom of God.
What is it that you are holding on to and not submitting yourself to the command of God?
Abraham, a rich one, submitted to the command of God for him to sacrifice the life of his son.
In his attempt to sacrifice his only son, God spoke to him in Genesis 22:12 records, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now, I know that you fear God since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Abraham fears God to follow the command of God, and God testifies the fear of Abraham for His name.
In life, whatever holds one not to give self to the word of God, such will not follow God but to miss the kingdom of God.
Are you with desires to make it to the kingdom of God, a life of eternity?
Submit to the word of God in your way of life.
Elisha, regardless of his wealth, submitted to follow the calling of God over his life.
When God called Elisha, through Elijah, he responded, “…Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you…” (1 Kings 19:20)
At the initial answering of Elisha to the calling upon his life, he was reluctant to follow God because he was not ready to follow God. Eventually, Elisha gave up all in submission to follow God. 1 Kings 19:21 records, “So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.”
In life, what is it that is holding you back from following God?
Is it your property or family that is holding you back from following God?
Jesus identifies what it takes to follow Him, “…you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.” (Matthew 19:28-30)
Live life for God by following His command to make the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, that is not fiction.
Prayer for today: Ask that you shall live life follow God fully.