Many people often times take the words that they say to God for granted. This is how you know that what you are saying is just a program language that you have learned from years and years of routine and tradition with the church. Moreover, God is more concerned with the state of your heart and the actions you take to carry out what you say to Him.Have you ever been in church and you’re like “God I’ll do whatever you want me to do” or you’re like “God I’ll go wherever you want me to go” or more importantly have you ever said “God I give you my life to do with as you please”? Now these are some very big proclamations you are making to God, my question to you today it, are you actually living out what you promised or stated to God?
Exodus 19:8 (NKJV)
The all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.
The above scripture reference’s when Moses went to the mountain in the wilderness to talk with God. God told Moses that if the people would keep His covenant and obey His voice than they are promised certain things. Now the Bible is full of promises from cover to cover, but those promises are indeed conditional. Meaning in order to activate those promises in your life there is a part that you have to play. When we go to church we hear the preacher preaching good news, telling us that we’re blessed and that we have been set free, we are heirs to the throne. All of this sounds amazing but are we indeed like the children of Israel? When they heard the good news their mouths were saying yes but what were their hearts and actions representing.
So you can expect when you tell God you’re going to do something for Him be prepared for Him to come and expect to cash in on what your mouth said.
Exodus 20:20 (NKJV)
And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”
The above scripture tells when the children of Israel are by the mountain and they see the awesomeness of God descending on the mountain. Shortly after Moses calms everyone down God begins to dictate the Law to Moses to give to the people. The scripture says that God had come to test them so that they may not sin. When I read the context of everything going on, God is giving the Law so that the people may not sin against each and every statute and command but rather so they may not sin against the promise they made to God, which was following him whole heartedly.
We know that in the New Testament Jesus says that the greatest two commandments are to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and to also love your neighbor as you love yourself. These two commandments were not instituted just in the New Testament but they were around in the days of the children of Israel in the wilderness.
If you look at the context from what the Law of Moses was derived from, first God stated the He is a jealous God and the He will show mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments (Exodus 20:6) this is the first commandment that Jesus spoke of. Secondly if you look at the breakdown of the majority of The Law of Moses it has to do with the offenses of your fellow man and at the time what the consequences of the offense was. This is the second commandment Jesus spoke of, loving your neighbor as you love yourself. If you truly love you neighbor as yourself than you would be cognizant not to offend them because you wouldn’t want to offend yourself.
God is much bigger than what we make Him out to be, only if you keep the promises you keep to Him wholeheartedly will you begin to experience Him in ways you never though existed. It’s time to come out of ourselves and really truly step into Christ.
Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org
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