21/10/2024
One of the most profound sermons that transformed my life years back was "As COMMANDED not as CONVENIENT" by Rev. Maxwell C. Godwin.
It spiritually tribal marked my soul and my work with God.
It was a clear call to the fact that, christians are called to work, and walk this journey as commanded and demanded by scriptures, in and out of seasons and not as convenient for us.
We are called to live a life regimented by the scriptures wrapped up in love.
When as Christians we don't understand the convenant is to be obeyed as commanded, we find ourselves with unrestrained tongues speaking to everyone and everything as our emotions demanded.
Unrestricted actions and reactions in our daily journeys also takes the day.
John 14:15 If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.
We then result to making decisions, alliances based on our convenience claiming "that's my truth", "that's how I feel" as against what the Bible describes and demanded.
Lack of this consciousness keeps breeding different expressions of uncircumcised, uncensored cannanity in words and in deed.
When we throw away scriptural demands as restraints for all we do and say, anarchy will enter different areas of our lives and our conscience goes into coma, unable to communicate what is SINFUL to us again. SELAH
Let's daily ask for the grace to run this race as COMMANDED and not as CONVENIENT...because the flesh wants to keep us down there..
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything"—but not everything is constructive,
1 Corinthians 10:23.
SELAH