“The Blessings of Obedience”
Sunday, March 24, 2024Key Verse
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.” Colossians 3:20
Text — Colossians 3:20-24
Message
Sandra is a well-behaved little girl; her parents and people around her always commend her for her good behaviour and respect for elders. She wakes up early in the morning and greets her parents, and she is always ready to run errands for them without complaining. As a result of her obedience, God blessed her memory that she was able to have excellent grades in her academic work.
Are you like Sandra? Do people know you as an obedient child? Or do they know you as the stubborn child on the street or in the community where you reside? The instruction of God to families on the role of parents and children in the family is that children must obey their parents in all things. This means you are not to pick and choose the instruction to obey especially when it is not sinful. You are to always be obedient because it is what pleases the Lord.
If you desire to please the Lord at all times, you must obey your parents in all things. Also know that there are lots of blessings that follow obedience; as you do, the Lord will bless you.
Further Reading
Ephesians 6:1-9
Prayer for today
I want to be an obedient child so that I can enjoy the blessings of obedience.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
