Obedient We Are Not

We have come to a point in society where unrest and disobedience to those appointed above has become common place. This is a huge problem that will only cause those who are in authority to do things they really do not want to do. The college age folks of the United States are the equivalent age in maturity and understanding as the younger son in the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Looking at the story we find the son getting his share and leaving home way before he was ready. Thinking that he could do his own thing and live, the Prodigal took his share and rebelled by getting in with the wrong crowd. This did not serve him well because in his disobedience, he became a servant feeding pigs and eating what they ate.   

Respect is Key
Obedience includes respect for our elders and those in authority over us. This has gone to the wayside in just about all aspects of life especially in the Americas. Even in the governing bodies our elected officials cannot come to proper agreements due to lust for power and an extreme disloyalty to those who voted them in. Small disagreements are fine but when one side derails everything the other decides to do, there is a problem.

The military is comprised of many ages and ethnicities. Yes the military has always had disloyalties and problems but there is still a respect. Mostly the respect is for the rank and not the person holding it but when the person and the rank are respected that provides the atmosphere for a cohesive team. Unfortunately the respect for those who fought before has been put to the wayside as many young solders do not have any respect for the retirees.

 The Threat We Are Living
We are in the season of viruses that can kill yet many of the youth who think they are immune and invulnerable to any kind of danger are disregarding the words of the people who can help them save their lives. It is not just the youth but people of all ages who do not want to listen to reason and common sense are causing others to get sick. I saw some folks who were running around with masks a gloves in grocery stores when they could have had someone who is currently healthy do it for them. This is not smart because they could infect others even with the masks and gloves on.

The young college folks who decided to gather in large crowds on beaches even though they were told not to are reaping the punishments for their actions as some have come down with the virus and one youth aged 17 has actually died. Those that are carrying the virus have probably infected their elders without knowing. Why can’t people listen???

God warned us in Scripture and the Word had reiterated by telling of the pestilence that would come when the world disobeyed God. Did you know that currently 1/3rd of the world’s population has contracted COVID-19. Add that to those infected with the common flu and you have 2/3rds of the world sick. That is not even calculating the deaths in just this season alone. With the population being over 7 billion people that number is staggering.
 
 Disrespect For God
When I say “we” I am talking about our human race. The human race has not even been able to follow God’s Law before the Torah which mentions what we should and should not consume, our sexual practices, adjudication for immoral actions and much more. We are all disobedient in one way or another.

It is past the time to straighten up our ways. The battle for our souls has been going on for many years yet it seems like it is coming to head in our time. It is time to choose total obedience to the Father or continue in our sinfulness. I do not think the world can stand much longer.

We know what to do so why are so many afraid to do it. In my quiet time with God I was reading
Isaiah 58. There is a part on fasting that hit me. It says:
“Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
3 ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.
13 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
14 then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

If we, when we fast, consider this then we would be right in doing what God desires of us. Fasting is not just about food, it is about not doing things that seem important to us but are displeasing to the Father. We give up our daily, worldly routine and spend time doing God’s Will, that is a true fast. This is what we should do.
If we obey God in this simple manner, we will be raising the Kingdom on earth.

In God’s Arms,
 Rob, Servant of God