Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.
Well top o’ the morning to all you fellow believers in Christ! Today I was guided to these words of Bruh Paul in the synagogue in Antioch one Sabbath day, but couldn’t figure out what subject I was supposed to write on. But while checking some references, it suddenly hit me; I got the ‘zeppo’ loud and clear! Hn, hn! ‘Zeppo’ is just T&T slang for a sudden bright idea, a news flash, or sudden understanding. The Lord wants us to concentrate on obedience today my Friends. The word today is OBEDIENCE! Oh my people, unfortunately our God places great emphasis on total obedience to His directives, and many an otherwise good man has faltered and stumbled simply because of their incomplete obedience, considered disobedience. Today’s example is Saul, Israel’s first king, who committed two serious breaches of God’s direction. The first indiscretion was after the prophet Samuel, Israel’s last judge, anointed him king. He directed Saul as follows: ‘And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer brunt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.’ (1 Sam.10:8) Unfortunately though, Samuel did not show up in Gilgal after the seven days, ‘And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.’ (1 Sam.13:9) In so doing, Saul usurped the priest’s office. And as luck would have it, Samuel arrived soon thereafter and said; ‘What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, the Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.’ (1 Sam.13:11-12) Oh my Friends, on the surface Saul seems to have a good argument: Samuel had not come down to Gilgal in the seven days as he’d promised; meanwhile his enemies were gathering their troops and his own people were scattered, so he felt compelled to do the priests job and offer the sacrifices. But my brethren, what have we always said of our God? That He is the Master of timing. If He intends to save us, we will be saved, even though it’s at the last minute. But sadly, Saul did not seem to understand this principle, neither did he discern it as a test, which he obviously failed. Furthermore, in olden times usurping another person’s job, especially the priest’s, was severely frowned upon. Thus Samuel reproved Saul. ‘Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.’ (I Sam.13:13-14) Ah my people, it might seem like a harsh punishment to us, but from the Lord’s perspective, His commands are just that; commands, and we need to follow them implicitly, to the letter. Look what it cost Saul nuh; the kingdom of Israel forever. It went to Bruh David instead. If Saul had obeyed, we might be talking about the Messiah coming from the seed of Saul, rather than from Bruh David. My Friends we have to be very careful when we’re directed by our God to do something. We cannot afford to vacillate one way or the other; neither can we insert our own interpretation. We must learn to obey those directives completely, else it’s looked upon as disobedience and we suffer some kind of punishment. To us it might seem trivial, not a big deal, but the Lord is a stickler for complete obedience. Let’s remember that and try to stick to the letter of the law nuh, else we’ll pay dearly for our disobedience. Tomorrow we’ll continue in the same vein, looking at more disobedience on Saul’s part. Till then, the Good Lord willing; Much LOVE!…the three principles of obedience…obey…obey…obey…
Well top o’ the morning to all you fellow believers in Christ! Today I was guided to these words of Bruh Paul in the synagogue in Antioch one Sabbath day, but couldn’t figure out what subject I was supposed to write on. But while checking some references, it suddenly hit me; I got the ‘zeppo’ loud and clear! Hn, hn! ‘Zeppo’ is just T&T slang for a sudden bright idea, a news flash, or sudden understanding. The Lord wants us to concentrate on obedience today my Friends. The word today is OBEDIENCE! Oh my people, unfortunately our God places great emphasis on total obedience to His directives, and many an otherwise good man has faltered and stumbled simply because of their incomplete obedience, considered disobedience. Today’s example is Saul, Israel’s first king, who committed two serious breaches of God’s direction. The first indiscretion was after the prophet Samuel, Israel’s last judge, anointed him king. He directed Saul as follows: ‘And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer brunt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.’ (1 Sam.10:8) Unfortunately though, Samuel did not show up in Gilgal after the seven days, ‘And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.’ (1 Sam.13:9) In so doing, Saul usurped the priest’s office. And as luck would have it, Samuel arrived soon thereafter and said; ‘What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, the Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.’ (1 Sam.13:11-12) Oh my Friends, on the surface Saul seems to have a good argument: Samuel had not come down to Gilgal in the seven days as he’d promised; meanwhile his enemies were gathering their troops and his own people were scattered, so he felt compelled to do the priests job and offer the sacrifices. But my brethren, what have we always said of our God? That He is the Master of timing. If He intends to save us, we will be saved, even though it’s at the last minute. But sadly, Saul did not seem to understand this principle, neither did he discern it as a test, which he obviously failed. Furthermore, in olden times usurping another person’s job, especially the priest’s, was severely frowned upon. Thus Samuel reproved Saul. ‘Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.’ (I Sam.13:13-14) Ah my people, it might seem like a harsh punishment to us, but from the Lord’s perspective, His commands are just that; commands, and we need to follow them implicitly, to the letter. Look what it cost Saul nuh; the kingdom of Israel forever. It went to Bruh David instead. If Saul had obeyed, we might be talking about the Messiah coming from the seed of Saul, rather than from Bruh David. My Friends we have to be very careful when we’re directed by our God to do something. We cannot afford to vacillate one way or the other; neither can we insert our own interpretation. We must learn to obey those directives completely, else it’s looked upon as disobedience and we suffer some kind of punishment. To us it might seem trivial, not a big deal, but the Lord is a stickler for complete obedience. Let’s remember that and try to stick to the letter of the law nuh, else we’ll pay dearly for our disobedience. Tomorrow we’ll continue in the same vein, looking at more disobedience on Saul’s part. Till then, the Good Lord willing; Much LOVE!…the three principles of obedience…obey…obey…obey…
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