Obey my voice and I will be your God!
Obey my voice and I will be your God!!
Evangeline Unity Esaaba Folson
But this thing commanded I them saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
The Message Bible translation of the verse above says.
But I did say this: – Do what I say and I will be your God and you will be my people. Live the way I tell you. Do what I command so that your lives will go well.
There are two very important phrases in the verse above that need elaboration:
- Obey my voice
Deuteronomy 28:1
John 15:7
- I will be your God
Exodus 6:7
Ezekiel 37:27
Revelations 21:3-4
Obey my Voice
Deuteronomy 28:1
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord they Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth.
To obey the voice of the Lord, like the message bible says is to do what the Lord says in His word. What are some of these things?
- To obey the great commission in
Matthew 28:19-20. To go to all nations and preach the word to save souls
- It is doing all Isaiah 61: 1
Says!
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the mat;
We hath sent me to!
- Bind up the broken – hearted.
- To proclaim liberty to the captives.
- The opening of the prison to them that are bound.
- To glorify the name of the Lord as Matthew 5:16 says by letting our light shine through good works.
- To give generously
As Luke 6:38 says
Give and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed
down, and shaken
together, and running
over, shall men give
into your bosom
- To love the Lord God with
all our, heart, mind and
soul and our neighbor
as ourselves (Mark 12:30-31)
John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Abiding in the words of God is another way of saving, obeying the voice of God or doing what the word of god says. As the verse above says, if you obey what the word of God says God shall grant you the desires of your heart.
I will be your God
When God says, I will be your God, He means, He will reconcile himself to man (humans) removing the angelic mediators or heavenly attributes and bringing Himself to our level. It is to reveal Himself and promise His gracious presence.
Exodus 6:7
And I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptian.
From the verse above, one way God shows us that He is our God is to prove Himself to us.
For instance, to the Israelites He proved Himself to be God to them by delivering them from bondage in Egypt.
In addition to this, He sent Jesus His son to save the world from sin and from the grips of the evil one.
Ezekiel 37:27
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
According to the verse above, another way God shows that He is our God is that He dwells with us (My tabernacle also shall be with them). The tabernacle in the bible, is the first man made dwelling place for God.
When their people worshipped in the tabernacle, they followed a routine that brought in the presence of God.
Revelations 21:3-4
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
From the passage above, some of the other ways God proves He is our God is to!
- Dwell among us
- He shall take care or remove all the things that bring us pain and discomfort.
If we keep obeying God’s commands, then He will continue to be our God.
Meditate on the words of this song
How is our God
How is His Name
He is the greatest of all
Forever the same
He rolled back the water
Of the mighty red sea
And He says I’ll lead
You.
Put your trust in
me.
Put your trust in
Me.
Without trust, God cannot be your God or keeper because if you do not trust Him, then you do not have confidence in Him.
Hebrews 10:35 says
Cast not away there your confidence, which hath great recompense to reward.
Another translation of the verse above say.
So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.
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