Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel week 17, Day 2, Monday, 26 April 2021

“5 So she went from him and shut the door  behind her and her sons, who brought the  vessels to her; and she poured it out. 6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased.”

Yesterday, we studied how instruction was given out, what the instructions sounds like and the possibility of the instructions. How did the woman responded? Total obedience, I mean, full obedience to the instruction that looks reproaching. She followed the instruction without sidelining any of it. She went home, borrowed pots, locked the door against herself and began to fill the pots with the oil, complete faith. Halleluyah!

King Saul was unable to do that. He felt obedience can be partial as many believers believed today. He saw what was good to the eyes, he neglected the instruction and the credibility of the giver. That ended his reign in Israel. The widow finished all the instruction and a jar of oil became pots of oil, How? Total Obedience.

Many of us had the opportunity to a life changing instructions but how obedient are we to those instruction? Many have the call of God upon their lives, yes, they answered but manouvering the instruction of the caller along the line. Yes, many marriages were founded on God’s instruction but were wrongly built with disobedience. Some disobeyed  God’s Instruction and called it wisdom (earthly wisdom) no, it’s disobedience. 

1 Sam. 15:22, says,

“So Samuel said:  “Has the LORD has great delight in burnt  offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.”

Total Obedience gladdens the heart of God. How obedient are you? Total or partial obedience?

Father, help me carry out your instructions regardless of the situation surrounding me in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.