God Is Looking for People With Faith & a Willingness to Obey!

Faith - trust, belief, belief without proof
Obey - do as ordered, submit to authority

I don't know about your upbringing, but back then when our dad told us to do something, nobody questioned it - we simply did what we were told. Remember that? We all knew there would be consequences to not obeying. Sound familiar?

Now, with that in mind, tell me why we question our heavenly Father? Something to think about, right?? So often we say, “why ME, Lord?? Why do I have to do that?” Not only do we question Him, we have the nerve to get angry and murmur and complain, as if He's an unfair God.

Friends, God is looking for people with confidence in Him who are willing to submit to His authority without asking “why me.” All throughtout the Bible we find some powerful examples of people who trusted God even though they could not see what was coming ahead.

1. Abraham had faith in God to the point where he was willing to offer up his son Isaac as a sacrifice as God had instructed him to do (Genesis 22-2). He obeyed without question, going to the place where he was told to go, and starting to put into action that which God had told him to do. If you know the story then you know that our faithful God did not allow Abraham to slay his son - He was simply testing Abraham as He tests us. Abraham had so much faith in God, that when he and his son began to go up the mountain, he told his servants to stay there and wait for he and the lad would return (Genesis 22-5). That's what I call true confidence and obedience in God.
2. Noah is another example of one who trusted God and was obedient. When Noah heard God’s warning, he took heed and wasted no time building the Ark - even though there was no sign of a flood. Genesis 7:5 says “And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.” Not once does the word say that Noah asked “why” or “why me.” The word tells us that the people of Noah’s time were full of evil and wickedness, so you know they probably laughed and talked about him, but Noah completely submitted himself to God’s authority and acted without proof.

Both of those examples had two things in common: 1) both men were men of faith and obedience and 2) God blessed them tremendously as a result. When the Lord asks us to do something or give up something that seems unreasonable to us, we must be obedient and take comfort in knowing that there is a reason why, for our God is too Holy, too Righteous, and too Good to allow anything to cross our path that is not for our good and His Glory.

With all that said, let the Church say Amen... and AMEN!