Follow The Instructions Of The Lord

Follow The Instructions Of The Lord

FOLLOW THE LORD

You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 16:20

Once we have heard the voice of God, we need to follow. The word “follow” means to deliberately decide to comply with instruction. It is a deliberate choice for the child of God to follow the voice of the Heavenly Father. We need to deliberately decide to follow the Lord’s instructions and to do what He tells us to do.

As you get to know the Lord better, you will come to realize that when He calls you, it is always worth obeying. When He says something, it is for your benefit.

If He says, “Go this way,” it is because He has green pastures and still waters for you. If He says, “Stop! Don’t do that,” it is because He is trying to protect you from potential danger, possibly something that is even life-threatening.

The fact that God speaks to us is clear through the pages of Scripture. To some, like Moses, God spoke audibly. To others, like the prophet Elijah, He spoke quietly on at least one occasion.

Often we look for the big events, earth-shaking circumstances in which God speaks. And many times He is speaking to us, but it is in a still, small voice. We should try turning off the television, the radio, and the telephone and just listen.

With all the noise in our world, with all the information that bombards us, we can hear all the voices but miss the most important voice of all. Maybe one reason we don’t hear Him is because we never stop and listen.

When God almighty speaks to you in that still, small voice, do you listen? Do you follow Him?

Prayer: Pray for an obedient heart to follow the Lord with all your heart.

Scriptural Reading: Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Deut 16:18-20

18 “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Follow The Instructions Of The Lord