trustobeyWhat a beautiful song is “Trust and Obey”! Often sung as an invitation to lost souls, the words express a gentle nudging by the singers to the one who needs to respond. We tell that one “just step out and make it right. It’s a big commitment but you can do it; it’s worth it! Just trust and obey!”

Too often, however, the one who needs to respond will just grip the pew and wait it out. He will delay and ignore until the song is ended and he can go back to living the way he wants, despite the undeniable prickling in his conscience.

In other words, while we’re singing “trust and obey” what are you, the one who needs to respond, saying?

You’re saying “oi vey.”

You’re letting problems keep you from holiness. One of the most common excuses given by people who need to obey God (but won’t) is: “I’ve got too much on my plate right now.”

Imagine if your house catches on fire and you say “I DON’T HAVE TIME TO CALL THE FIRE DPT. I HAVE THIS FIRE TO DEAL WITH!”

Same thing.

Who do you think wants to see you drowning in problems? Not God. God’s the only one with the SOLUTION. Satan wants to keep you mired in difficulties, pressures, struggles and bad circumstances, so that you feel adding “religion” to the pile would be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

In reality, it would be the balloon that lifted the weights off.

The biggest difficulty in getting people to obey the Gospel is not the “obey” part; it’s the “trust” part. Once someone commits themselves to Christ, they’ll do anything He asks of them. The problem is getting people to let go and trust that God will catch them.

The sad thing, the Devil is very good about keeping people overwhelmed; he’s just running out the clock, knowing he has the poor lost soul in his grasp, hoping that person will die before realizing how much of a burden-lifter God is.

Trust God. Do it now while there’s still time left.

Trust Him and obey Him and stop worrying about the problems that plague you.

They’ll still be there, but as a Christian you’ll be able to manage them, put them in perspective, and rely on the support group of the church to help you through them. But first you have to trust

and obey.

 

think about it,
have a great day!