Trust and Obey

1. When we walk with the Lord
     In the light of His Word,
   What a glory He sheds on our way;
     While we do His good will,
     He abides with us still,
   And with all who will trust and obey.
   
• Trust and obey,
  For there's no other way
  To be happy in Jesus,
    But to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
     Not a cloud in the skies,
   But His smile quickly drives it away;
     Not a doubt or a fear,
     Not a sigh or a tear,
   Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
     Not a sorrow we share,
   But our toil He doth richly repay;
     Not a grief or a loss,
     Not a frown or a cross,
   But is blest if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove
     The delights of His love,
   Until all on the altar we lay;
     For the favor He shows,
     And the joy He bestows,
   Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
     We will sit at His feet,
   Or we'll walk by His side in the way;
     What He says we will do;
     Where He sends, we will go,
   Never fear, only trust and obey.

My assembly where i worship is a very small group where we have the opportunity to know  one another  dearly.I have the privileged of reading the text of the sermon today,but what really captured my mind today  was the sermon itself.The preacher instead of dwelling on thanksgiving preached  Obedience.I was struck.This new year this man of God reeled out that Prayer is not the key this year but Obedience.He said our key of surviving the year is Obedience.

He didn't sing that song up there but it flew up to my heart and was song at ear of my heart.It matched with the sermon i heard this morning and i have to picked it as my song of the week.

I noted something in his sermon, he said that when his wife wanted to give birth to a baby, there was birth complication and the doctor were advising on surgery or something like that.My ears blew open.I wanted to hear all in and out and thank God he said all,however i am not going to tell you all he said ,but let me tell you the caption points.

In the midst of the problem, one of his boss called him on phone that there was a woman somewhere who could help in child safe delivery.His wife was a bit reluctant in going but he  ensure that they got there. To their chagrin, the woman assured them of safe delivery , only if, the pregnant woman is going to eat some concoction.Trapped but relying on God they left there  without consenting to allowing the woman to make concoctions for her to eat.He obey the injunction of the Lord, as it written that one should not follow after a medium or witchcraft and sorcery.The woman later delivered the baby safe and sound.

This year we are to trust only in God only for trusting in man and gods will bring failure, disappointment and evil covenants.The unborn child would have entered into spiritual evil  covenant    which will not augur well with the child's future.

What applied to the goose also apply to the gander Obedience to the Lord's injunction is paramount .We should be wary of our dark corners  sin. We who don't have sex do we masturbate? We who don't fight do we keep malice.We who don't commit fornication and adultery do we tempt? The Lord help us.

Glory be to the Lord  for his grace has ushered us into the new year. Happy new year all. Happy 2010!Obey the Lord. Refrain from all dark corner's sin and you shall prosper.We will enjoy the presence of God the divine,his joy and presence shall cheer us.In the midst of tempest we have him at our side and our obedience to him will make our toils fruitful. Hallelujah.Pray for somebody today to Obey!