Good morning and welcome in. Today we’re going to take a look at a passage of scripture From the Book of Romans.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
The Bible is filled with promises and there is one found in this verse,…do you see it? It teaches that all things work together for good. The requirement for obtaining that promise means that you need to love God with a pure heart. After all, this is the first and great commandment. God wants to take us to a better place, but to get there requires obeying Him.
Joseph chose to do the will of God, even though it resulted in him being falsely accused and wrongfully sentenced to prison. But because He obeyed God, God lifted Joseph up to a better place. Whatever the immediate result may be, doing the will of God and following God’s Word proves your love towards Christ, and He will bless you because of that behavior. As a Christian, we need to choose right over wrong, good over evil, and light over darkness. We must strive to become obedient in all things, being faithful to the Lord and His biblical commands and directives. God sees our obedience, and He will take care of the rest.
1 Peter 2:19-23 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
As a young child, we prove our love to a parent through our obedience. When we do what we are told, it shows that we respect and honor them. Obedience pleases them, and most parents will joyfully reward that kind of behavior. On the other hand, disobedience does not please them, and can result in sanctions or punishment. Have you ever been grounded? If so, then you did something that your parents did not approve of. God wants to reward us for being in complete submission to His commands. Of all the people you could ever please, you definitely want to please God, because your salvation depends upon it.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Colossians 1:9-10 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
To truly love God is more than just saying that you love Him, it is acting upon the profession of your love. If you really love Him, it will result in lovingly obeying Him from the heart.
John 14:21, 23-24 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
John 15:9-10 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
How would you like to have God as your friend? Friendship with him Is determined by your obedience to His will.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
So once again let’s look at our study verse once again.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Our unconditional love for Jesus is shown through our unconditional obedience towards Hill will. In order to claim God’s blessings we need to serve His purpose for us, rather than serving our own. Some people might feel that their purpose in life is to become a plumber or an electrician. Others might feel that their calling is to become a pilot or an astronaut, spending many years training and going to college in order to become what they feel called to do. But there’s a great difference between what we want to do with our life, and what God wants us to do. Before I became a baptized believer, I told my family on numerous occasions that I would never teach. I loathed the profession, and was focused on my own desires and direction. But that all changed when I realized that God had sent His Son to die on the cross for my sins. I understood that there was hope for me, and that he cared for me, which completely changed my entire purpose in life. If we truly want to obtain blessings from God, we must focus our loving attention on Him, submitting ourselves to His purpose and calling for us, rather than our own.
Ultimately, the Christian Life is about doing what God wants us to do. It’s about giving up your own desires to fulfill His desires for you. It’s like a Christian wife who willingly gives up all the things that she chased after, to lovingly serve and obey her husband. Some people might claim to be a follower of Jesus, but in all reality, they don’t follow Him at all. To truly follow Christ and serve God’s purpose requires submission, which is a foreign word to the carnal nature. Submission means to yield to the will and authority of another person. It is to completely surrender your heart by placing it under the control and direction of somebody else. What’s the old saying, He is the Potter, and we are the clay. God wants to mold and shape us into what He wants us to be, but in order for that to happen, humility must first take place. We must submit and cooperate with the leading of the Holy Spirit. Before the promise of blessings can come to pass, we must completely yield to His purpose for us in this life.
As Jesus walked from town to town, He called out to men to follow Him and to preach the gospel. A few of the men that he met were raised as fisherman, but their purpose completely changed when they dropped their nets to preach God’s Word. God wanted them to become fishers of men, and they submitted themselves to His calling. Look at the life of Moses who could have been Pharaoh in Egypt, but when he placed his faith in the Lord, His purpose completely changed. He meekly submitted himself to what God wanted him to become, and was blessed because of it. At one time, The Apostle Paul felt that it was his purpose to destroy the Christian faith, but later on in his life, He believed the truth in Christ, Got forgiven, and things completely changed. He began to preach Jesus and spread the gospel of Christ.
Look at the obedient lives of these chosen men of God. Like them, those of us who choose to humbly live our lives according to God’s purpose can always remember that God is watching, and He has something good waiting for us……
….. Right around the corner.
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