WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COMPLETE
By Rufus Oladosu
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strong holds.” “And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete”. (II Corinthians 10:4,6).
Man God’s under-ruler
It is clearly revealed from the creation accounts that man was created to be God’s under-ruler over His earthly estate. Genesis 1:26 says “Then God said, let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over all the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”.
This man had a mandate to exercise dominion over all the earth on God’s behalf. This powerful truth is borne out in many other passages of the scripture. For example in Psalms 8:6, the Bible says,“thou has made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou has put all things under his feet” So all things on earth whether physical or spiritual things were made subservient to man, the crown of God’s creation.
It’s pertinent to know that despite the fact that there are several trillion stars in the universe, many of them a million times bigger than the earth the primal focus of God is on the planet earth. And what is more, it appears the stellar heavens owe their existence to the earth. Why is the earth so important? It is the abode of God’s special creation. So the scripture says “the heaven, even the heavens are the LORD’S, but the earth hath he given to the children of men (Psalms 115:16). So we are creatures of God’s love the manifestation of His primordial desire to have His children rule and to reign through His Glory and authority. Thus, all the man’s breakthroughs, in arts, science and technology, as well as in all other enterprises, attest to man’s potentials to live in dominion.
Disobedience – the circuit Breaker
It is self evident that the dominion of man over spiritual forces and resources of the earth is to be exercised through man’s subjection to God’s will.
Ultimately every authority has its source in God. Therefore whenever an heir becomes disobedient to God he forfeits his authority to rule and he’s brought under elemental forces of life and then becomes enslaved. This is the reason servants are on horse, while the princes walk on the ground like servants (Ecclesiastes 10:7). As it was in the beginning so it is today. Whenever there is a willful disobedience to God’s expressed will, entrapment will follow. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they were driven from Garden of delight to till an unyielding ground. (Genesis 3:17; 18:24) And what is more, Adam transferred God’s given dominion of the earth to the devil (Luke 4:6). It was through the mercy of God by the sacrifice of God’s Son that the dominion was taken back from Satan’s grasp.
Nonetheless, the fact remains that individuals or corporate willful disobedience to God is a sure way to bondage: most ills experienced by believers today are symptoms of a disconnected life (John 15:5).
Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing”. It is fruitless trying to operate an appliance when the electrical circuit in it is already cut.
Even so only the fervent prayer of A RIGHTEOUS man avails much (James 5:16:17). If a man rejects God’s law, his prayer becomes a useless exercise irrespective of its fervency.
The Bible gives several records of “those who stay in darkness and in the shadow of death bound in affliction and irons- because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the most high. Therefore He brought down their heart with labour, they fell down, and there was none to help” (Psalm 107:10-12). This same experience of afflictions and oppressions abound today even in the Church. There are many who erroneously think that despite their apparent disobedience to God’s known will, all will still be well. Of course they have painfully discovered this reasoning to be a fallacy.
Others have seen that their twenty-one shout of hallelujah, the seven ‘smashing’ of devils head and their ‘agonising’ prayers have not brought the much-needed relief. The fact is any supposed act of faith by the disobedient is an act of presumption. God may sometimes help, out of His abundant mercy, but He is not committed. It is dangerous to live a day without a solid assurance of God’s presence.
The path of Total Recovery
“If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure. But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword and they shall die without knowledge” (Job 36:11-12). This verse offers an encouragement as well as a warning. The good shepherd is also the great judge. God of love sits on throne whose foundation is made of justice and truth.
Before the fall at the Garden of Eden there was a great recovery program. God always provides way of escape only if we will discover and walk in it. From the scripture it is clear that the link between ruin and recovery is repentance. Act 3:19 says, “Repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord”. Repentance is more than saying “I am sorry”. “I change my mind”, “I will walk on the right path” are the pivotal elements of repentance.
In 2 Corinthians 10:4 & 6, the weapons of our warfare are said to be mighty through God. This means the weapons derive their effectiveness through connection with God. And what is more, they can demolish and shatter all diabolical build-up against us. In fact the ‘Law Enforcement Agency’ of God is ready to deal with whatever is disobeying our orders once our own obedience to God is complete.
It is important to note that God demands complete obedience. We are not given the allowance to discriminate or to choose which of the laws of God to obey and which ones to disregard.
In Deuteronomy 28:1 the Bible says “Now it will come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully ALL HIS COMMANDMENT which I command you today, that the LORD you God will set you high above all nations of the earth” (emphasis mine) Again in Joshua 1:8 the scripture says “this Book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night. That you may observe TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”(Emphasis mine). These passages as well as many others hold out to us great promises and great challenges. We can see the possibilities of being lifted above all, being blessed beyond curse, having success with great peace, and much more.
However we are challenged to obey God fully. That is the limiting factor.
The ground is level at Calvary. Every one in the kingdom starts outs as a newborn babe. Down to the basics, the level of advancement in God’s reckoning is determined by what you know and what you do with the measure of your knowledge. Those who are enjoying total liberty and are commanders in the kingdom have a secret: they are learning more and they are obeying more. God does not advance a man beyond his last act of disobedience. Hence disobedience is a dyke. When it is removed the power and the blessings of God will flow in every area of our lives.
Beloved, you can experience total liberty. You can be healed from that affliction that plagues you. You don’t have to live in poverty. You can be lifted to sit among the princes. You don’t have to be a beggar. You can be a commander and distributor of blessings. You should not be stagnant. There is a new lease of life awaiting you.
Are you today under a yoke of slavery with no apparent way of escape? Hear this: there is a hope for you. “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Repent from every dead work. Reconnect with God through genuine commitment to obey Him as He reveals His will. Take your stand against all diabolical forces and reclaim what is yours. You will enjoy sweet victory.
This is Gods word’s word to you as you obey Him:
“'I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten-- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm-- my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.” Joel 2:25-26(NIV)
This is for you the dawn of a new day!
Jesus is Lord.
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By Rufus Oladosu
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strong holds.” “And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete”. (II Corinthians 10:4,6).
Man God’s under-ruler
It is clearly revealed from the creation accounts that man was created to be God’s under-ruler over His earthly estate. Genesis 1:26 says “Then God said, let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over all the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”.
This man had a mandate to exercise dominion over all the earth on God’s behalf. This powerful truth is borne out in many other passages of the scripture. For example in Psalms 8:6, the Bible says,“thou has made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou has put all things under his feet” So all things on earth whether physical or spiritual things were made subservient to man, the crown of God’s creation.
It’s pertinent to know that despite the fact that there are several trillion stars in the universe, many of them a million times bigger than the earth the primal focus of God is on the planet earth. And what is more, it appears the stellar heavens owe their existence to the earth. Why is the earth so important? It is the abode of God’s special creation. So the scripture says “the heaven, even the heavens are the LORD’S, but the earth hath he given to the children of men (Psalms 115:16). So we are creatures of God’s love the manifestation of His primordial desire to have His children rule and to reign through His Glory and authority. Thus, all the man’s breakthroughs, in arts, science and technology, as well as in all other enterprises, attest to man’s potentials to live in dominion.
Disobedience – the circuit Breaker
It is self evident that the dominion of man over spiritual forces and resources of the earth is to be exercised through man’s subjection to God’s will.
Ultimately every authority has its source in God. Therefore whenever an heir becomes disobedient to God he forfeits his authority to rule and he’s brought under elemental forces of life and then becomes enslaved. This is the reason servants are on horse, while the princes walk on the ground like servants (Ecclesiastes 10:7). As it was in the beginning so it is today. Whenever there is a willful disobedience to God’s expressed will, entrapment will follow. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they were driven from Garden of delight to till an unyielding ground. (Genesis 3:17; 18:24) And what is more, Adam transferred God’s given dominion of the earth to the devil (Luke 4:6). It was through the mercy of God by the sacrifice of God’s Son that the dominion was taken back from Satan’s grasp.
Nonetheless, the fact remains that individuals or corporate willful disobedience to God is a sure way to bondage: most ills experienced by believers today are symptoms of a disconnected life (John 15:5).
Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing”. It is fruitless trying to operate an appliance when the electrical circuit in it is already cut.
Even so only the fervent prayer of A RIGHTEOUS man avails much (James 5:16:17). If a man rejects God’s law, his prayer becomes a useless exercise irrespective of its fervency.
The Bible gives several records of “those who stay in darkness and in the shadow of death bound in affliction and irons- because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the most high. Therefore He brought down their heart with labour, they fell down, and there was none to help” (Psalm 107:10-12). This same experience of afflictions and oppressions abound today even in the Church. There are many who erroneously think that despite their apparent disobedience to God’s known will, all will still be well. Of course they have painfully discovered this reasoning to be a fallacy.
Others have seen that their twenty-one shout of hallelujah, the seven ‘smashing’ of devils head and their ‘agonising’ prayers have not brought the much-needed relief. The fact is any supposed act of faith by the disobedient is an act of presumption. God may sometimes help, out of His abundant mercy, but He is not committed. It is dangerous to live a day without a solid assurance of God’s presence.
The path of Total Recovery
“If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure. But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword and they shall die without knowledge” (Job 36:11-12). This verse offers an encouragement as well as a warning. The good shepherd is also the great judge. God of love sits on throne whose foundation is made of justice and truth.
Before the fall at the Garden of Eden there was a great recovery program. God always provides way of escape only if we will discover and walk in it. From the scripture it is clear that the link between ruin and recovery is repentance. Act 3:19 says, “Repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord”. Repentance is more than saying “I am sorry”. “I change my mind”, “I will walk on the right path” are the pivotal elements of repentance.
In 2 Corinthians 10:4 & 6, the weapons of our warfare are said to be mighty through God. This means the weapons derive their effectiveness through connection with God. And what is more, they can demolish and shatter all diabolical build-up against us. In fact the ‘Law Enforcement Agency’ of God is ready to deal with whatever is disobeying our orders once our own obedience to God is complete.
It is important to note that God demands complete obedience. We are not given the allowance to discriminate or to choose which of the laws of God to obey and which ones to disregard.
In Deuteronomy 28:1 the Bible says “Now it will come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully ALL HIS COMMANDMENT which I command you today, that the LORD you God will set you high above all nations of the earth” (emphasis mine) Again in Joshua 1:8 the scripture says “this Book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night. That you may observe TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”(Emphasis mine). These passages as well as many others hold out to us great promises and great challenges. We can see the possibilities of being lifted above all, being blessed beyond curse, having success with great peace, and much more.
However we are challenged to obey God fully. That is the limiting factor.
The ground is level at Calvary. Every one in the kingdom starts outs as a newborn babe. Down to the basics, the level of advancement in God’s reckoning is determined by what you know and what you do with the measure of your knowledge. Those who are enjoying total liberty and are commanders in the kingdom have a secret: they are learning more and they are obeying more. God does not advance a man beyond his last act of disobedience. Hence disobedience is a dyke. When it is removed the power and the blessings of God will flow in every area of our lives.
Beloved, you can experience total liberty. You can be healed from that affliction that plagues you. You don’t have to live in poverty. You can be lifted to sit among the princes. You don’t have to be a beggar. You can be a commander and distributor of blessings. You should not be stagnant. There is a new lease of life awaiting you.
Are you today under a yoke of slavery with no apparent way of escape? Hear this: there is a hope for you. “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Repent from every dead work. Reconnect with God through genuine commitment to obey Him as He reveals His will. Take your stand against all diabolical forces and reclaim what is yours. You will enjoy sweet victory.
This is Gods word’s word to you as you obey Him:
“'I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten-- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm-- my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.” Joel 2:25-26(NIV)
This is for you the dawn of a new day!
Jesus is Lord.
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