DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS DISOBEDIENCE

 The agent of darkness assigned to cause delays in your progress shall be sacked by reason of the anointing of God's favour upon you. 

Good-Life Devotional: DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS DISOBEDIENCE 

Ephesians 5:6-7

[6]Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

[7]Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

  The blessings and grace of God is time sensitive that's why the bible says Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:'

   Doing a good thing at the wrong time is as good as not doing it at all . Delayed obedience is one of the ways with which the devil frustrates the expansion of God's kingdom on earth. 

     Delayed obedience is disobedience, a concept vividly illustrated in Numbers 14 and the teachings of Jesus. In Numbers 14, the Israelites' delayed obedience to God's command to take the Promised Land led to severe consequences. Initially refusing to enter the land due to fear, they later decided to go after God pronounced judgment. This delayed action was not counted as obedience, but as rebellion, resulting in their defeat and 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.

Jesus echoes this principle in the New Testament. In Luke 9:59-62, Jesus calls a man to follow Him, but the man asks to first bury his father. Jesus responds, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." This teaches that following Jesus requires immediate and complete commitment. Delaying to fulfill other duties, however honorable they may seem, is seen as disobedience.

Moreover, James 4:17 states, "If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them." This highlights that knowing God's will and delaying action is sinful.

Thus, both the Old and New Testaments stress the importance of timely obedience to God's commands, showing that hesitation or delay equates to disobedience.

  In our daily prayers we should cast out the spirit of fear hindering our obedience and ask for boldness to act on God's word . 

 PRAYER: Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and power to overcome fear. 

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