The Blessing of Obedience

Micah 2:11 (HCSB)

If a man of spirit comes and invents lies:

"I will preach to you about wine and beer," he would be just the preacher for this people!

People don’t need to hear what they want to hear. They want to hear pleasant things. They want to hear that they can continue living however they please and God is okay with it.

God is not okay! He demands our obedience. He says, “Don’t My words bring good to the one who walks uprightly?” (Micah 2:7). God does not demand obedience from us just simply because He is a whimsical God who gets some kind of perverted pleasure from controlling us and pooping on our parade. No… a thousand times no! God knows that His way is the only way to peace, happiness, health, and fulfillment. Listen to that: “My words bring good to the one who walks uprightly.” There is a blessing inherent in obedience to God’s Word. God does not have to bless. Living God’s Word brings the blessing. If we pick one thing out of God’s Word today and do it there will be a blessing in it. Seems like a good experiment.

But disobedience brings defilement, and defilement brings destruction. God demands obedience because He knows what disobedience will do to us. He commands obedience because He loves us and wants the best for us.