Don’t Make God Your Enemy 3

Text: Judges 6:1 KJV

Further Reading: Judges 6:1-6

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

Judges 6:1 KJV

MESSAGE

One of the quickest ways to lose the favour of God is disobedience. The moment you outgrow divine instructions, you are on the slippery path to destruction. No one will be against you but God’s word.

One way to look at this is to study the history of God’s chosen people, the Israelites. Every time they obey God and do His will, all is well. But the moment they go against God’s will and refuse to repent, God becomes their enemy and gives them over to their enemies.

The word of God says in Isaiah 1:19-20:
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 1:19‭-‬20 KJV

In our reading of the day, the Bible told us how God gave the people of Israel to the hands of their enemies because of their sins. It was God who allowed the enemies to afflict them because they disobeyed the law and ordinance of God.

When Jonah decided to go his own way, he ended up getting God to turn against him. God sent a storm that rocked the ship in which he travel. He suffered in the belly of the fish until he repented of His disobedience. Any child of God who deliberately disobeys God will only find himself or herself to be blamed because God will not spare such.

King saul was another classic example of disobedience. The result of that disobedience was grievous because Saul lost the presence of God. If he had lost only the throne it would have been good, but a worse thing happened to him in that the Spirit of God left him and an evil spirit from God entered him ( 1Samuel 16:14).

Note: it was not the devil oppressing king Saul by default but God handling him over to the devil. That once-anointed man became a lunatic king. I urge you today to please stay away from anything and everything that will cause you to displease God. Do not disobey him so that it will be well with you.

The end of disobedience to God is usually dangerous. Do not follow after men who through disobedience made themselves God’s enemies. Instead, ask for the grace to always obey the Lord in all things.

REFLECTION

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Isaiah 42:24 KJV

It is best for you that God should be on your side, don’t allow disobedience to turn His face against you. For if God be against a man, who can be for him?

PRAYER

Father, please in any way disobedience had turned your face against me, please have mercy on me and cause your face to shine upon me for good from today. Amen.

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