Dangers of Disobedience II

READ: Gen. 19:16-25
MORE LESSONS: I Kgs. 13:1 1-24
Bible Reading in one Year: 1 Chronicles 27-29

There is one thing you must be certain of and that is that God will not break His Word. However, if you disobey Him, you get the actual measure of punishment for the disobedience. Your anointing cannot stop the punishment whenever you break God's instruction except you repent and it pleases the Lord to forgive you. You cannot trade God's instruction with disobedience and survive it.

There was a young man of God from Judah sent by God to a king. He was so anointed that when he was delivering God's message and the king wanted to ...lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him….: 1 Kings 13:4. The king's hand dried up because God sent the prophet. He was a man who could hear God and speak back to God without interference, And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again…. v 6. After this wonderful and excellent performance, the king offered to feed and reward him. That would contravene God’s Word to the prophet so he refused, ...Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward: v7, but he answered, ….If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water , nor turn again by the same way that thou camest: vs 8-9.The problem that people have is accepting the word of man without consulting the Creator first. Don't fall into the trap of liars; they will make God's judgment to be activated upon your life irrespective of your anointing, for disobedience can corrupt your anointing.

Be firm in rejecting instructions that are not godly. An old prophet came and lied to the young prophet to break the God-given command. Without checking with God the young prophet accepted the old prophet’s suggestion and that crashed his destiny because he did not go back to ask God. Let’s look at some of the dangers here that disobedience can bring: 1. It can provoke God to anger, …Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord… thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy father .…: 1 Kgs. 13:21-22.

2. It can bring untimely death that Almighty God will supervise by Himself upon a man's life, And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase: v 24. You will know that God supervised the prophet’ s death because the lion which is known for eating flesh did not eat the young prophet's flesh, rather it killed the man and stood by the body . Be careful, if you break God's instruction, He will also break you.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord for His forgiveness for every carelessness, error and mistake that could bring His punishment upon your life.
* Ask the Lord to grant you grace for total obedience in all situations.

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