Are you willing AND obedient to FATHER’s Commands?
FATHER spoke in Isaiah chapter 1:
19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
If you have a willing heart to let FATHER help you, and if you will obey HIM, you will feast on the blessings of an abundant harvest. You can be obedient but not be willing. It is the difference between trust and fear.
17 Learn what it means to do what is good by seeking righteousness and justice! Rescue the oppressed. Uphold the rights of the fatherless and defend the widow’s cause.
FATHER has assigned Servias to help the poor which includes the widows, fatherless, and oppressed. We are both willing and obedient to this command. My wife and I give out of our hearts, not out of duty or fear of the ramifications of disobedience. Our relationship with FATHER is solid because we have a history of relying on HIM in all aspects of our lives. We have experienced HIS unfailing Love over and over again.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
FATHER was not reluctant to give us all things so neither should we be reluctant as Sons and Daughters to give HIM all things to further HIS Kingdom on earth.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:
1 As a prisoner of the Lord, I plead with you to walk Holy, in a way that is suitable to your high rank, given to you in your Divine calling.
2 With tender humility and quiet patience, always demonstrate gentleness and generous Love toward one another, especially toward those who may try your patience.
3 Be faithful to guard the sweet harmony of the Holy Spirit among you in the bonds of peace,
4 being one body and one spirit, as you were all called into the same glorious hope of Divine destiny.
5 For the Lord God is One, and so are we, for we share in one faith, one baptism, and one Father.
6 And He is the perfect Father who leads us all, works through us all, and lives in us all!
I am willing to walk alone in such a Divine calling yet FATHER wants many to join me in walking on that Sacred path Jesus spoke about in Luke chapter 13:
22 Jesus ministered from village to village, making His way to Jerusalem and teaching the people as He went.
23 A bystander asked Him, “Lord, will only a few have eternal life?” Jesus said to the crowd,
24 “There is a great cost for anyone to enter through the narrow doorway into God’s Kingdom. I tell you, many will want to enter but won’t be able to.
25 Once the Head of the House has shut and locked the door, it will be too late. Even if you stand outside knocking, begging to enter, and saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us,’ He will say to you, ‘I don’t know who you are. You are not a part of My Family.’
26 “Then you will reply, ‘But Lord, we dined with You and walked with You as you taught us.’
27 And He will reply, ‘Don’t you understand? I don’t know who you are, for you are not a part of My Family. I will not let you in. Now, go away from Me! For you are all disloyal to Me and do evil.’
This is extremely troubling to those who are not both willing and obedient to walk in HIS Commands. We cannot be fully obedient to Him if we are selective in our obedience. There is a great cost to walking on this Sacred path. My wife and I have lost friends along the way because of this path. However, we won’t look back. I urge you to enter through the narrow doorway as well. Sadly, many won’t, and they will try to justify why they couldn’t give up their own agenda. Your actions speak louder than your words.