{"id":291,"date":"2014-06-22T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/2014\/06\/22\/the-wonderful-life-of-the-obedient\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:55:09","slug":"the-wonderful-life-of-the-obedient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/2014\/06\/22\/the-wonderful-life-of-the-obedient\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wonderful Life of the Obedient"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Sermon, 16th June, 2012)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Spiritual Medicine never caused an Overdose!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In what can be likened to prescribing an efficacious drug to a healthy person who does not need it, Job’s friend, Eliphaz, gives a piece of sound advice to an upright person who did not really need it.<\/p>\n

That “upright” man was Job (1:1, 8; 2:10).\u00a0 Eliphaz gave him the advice in the mistaken belief that Job did not have right standing with God, hence the predicament he had gotten into.<\/p>\n

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However, prescribing a healthy person an otherwise effective drug does not make the prescription unworthy in itself–it might well bring relief to a sick person who really needs it.<\/p>\n

So is Eliphaz’ advice. The fact that he gave his advice to the wrong person does not invalidate it or detract from its worth.\u00a0 It’s a masterpiece of sound Biblical advice all who seek blessing and approval from God should take to heart.\u00a0\u00a0 The advice is found in Job 22:21-30:<\/p>\n

“Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace [with Him]: thereby good shall come unto thee.<\/p>\n

“Receive, I pray thee, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in thine heart.<\/p>\n

“If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.<\/p>\n

“And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;<\/p>\n

“And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.<\/p>\n

“For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.<\/p>\n

“Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee; and thou shalt pay thy vows.<\/p>\n

“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.<\/p>\n

“When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person He shall save.<\/p>\n

“He shall deliver even him that is not innocent: yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands” (RV).<\/p>\n

What’s Eliphaz seeking to put across by his advice to Job?<\/p>\n

The message is that reconciliation with God brings a blessed life of grace.<\/p>\n

Reconciliation: Place your hand in God\u2019s outstretched Hand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, how do we make peace with God?\u00a0 What does Elipaz recommend?<\/p>\n

An important first step is to familiarize ourselves with God; we need to get to know God better and better.\u00a0 \u00a0It may come as a surprise, but some people ‘strive’ with their Maker, they may even claim to follow Him but they grumble within themselves and nurse resentment against Him. They are not on good terms with their Creator and Sustainer of their lives.<\/p>\n

The LORD always takes notice and bewails their fate.<\/p>\n

Isa 45:9<\/p>\n

\u201cWoe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?<\/p>\n

1 Cor. 10:10<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, reconciliation is what God has set in motion through Jesus Christ to reconcile the world to Himself. But the reconciliation is never an end in itself. It\u2019s a means to a higher life in God in which we are created anew in Christ and therefore the old things we did have given way to \u2018new things\u2019 which please Him:<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;<\/p>\n

\u201cTo wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation\u201d (2 Cor. 5:17-19).<\/p>\n

Thus reconciliation should logically lead to knowing God and His ways better than ever before because our fundamental nature has been changed to conform to His will.<\/p>\n

Like every knowledge acquisition, it takes some effort to know God and know Him well. So, what steps does Eliphaz recommend?<\/p>\n

First, we need to receive instruction (the law) from His mouth by storing His words in our hearts (v. 22). Although the Book of Job is set in the early patriarchal age (of Abraham, Isaac, etc) before the birth of Moses and even before Israel became a nation, it\u2019s instructive that Moses would later record that God declared the law to the Israelites \u00a0with His own mouth on Mount Sinai (Deut. 4:13, 5:22). Definitely, this is not a law to lightly esteem. \u00a0As it is precious things that are stored, the Words of God must be precious to be stored in our hearts. And indeed they are infinitely precious.<\/p>\n

David declared: \u201cThe law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb\u201d (Ps 119:72; 19:10). To Job, the words of God are of immeasurable value to him than even his daily bread which sustains in his physical life (Job 23:12). And why not? \u00a0What created food in the first place? And what will continue to assure us of our daily bread as long as we remain on this earth? It\u2019s the Word and the Word. The Lord Jesus sustains our life and all things by \u201cthe Word of His power\u201d (Heb. 1:3; cp Ps 104:10-18, 21-23). \u00a0Since the Word is the divine Power that brought all things into being (John 1:1-3), once we have Him (1 Cor. 1:24) we have everything. We shall never lack; we shall never hunger.<\/p>\n

The words of the Lord are not valueless things to discard, but a treasure to store in the vault of our hearts. It is the most precious treasure in the whole of the universe a person can lay his hands on, a treasure whose value does not depreciate over time for all time. It abides forever, and it\u2019s \u201cthe word which by the gospel is preached unto you\u201d (1 Pet. 1:23-25).<\/p>\n

However, we need to create space for the Word in our hearts by emptying the place of all moral and spiritual filthiness which clog the heart and prevent the Word from taking root in our lives. \u00a0James 1:21 exhorts us, \u201cWherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls\u201d. Similarly 1 Peter 2:1-2, \u201cWherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, \u00a0As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby\u201d.<\/p>\n

Just as our surroundings generate filth when we stop cleaning because we have grown lazy, so moral and spiritual filth dominates our lives when we grow spiritually slothful and allow the flesh to control us by default.\u00a0 When we neglect Bible study, prayer and fasting and hear but do not listen to the Word, the spiritual vacuum created in our lives is quickly filled with the shameful desires of the flesh. The Word is crowded out of our lives. So do \u201cnot [be] slothful in business; [be] fervent in spirit; serving the Lord\u201d (Rom. 12:11).<\/p>\n

Rather than restrict the \u2018operational space\u2019 of the Word, we should \u201cLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord\u201d.\u00a0 This is a devoted life rich in spiritual activity, rich in the things of the Lord: teaching and mutual exhortation \u201cin all wisdom\u201d and the singing of \u201cpsalms and hymns and spiritual songs with grace in our hearts to the Lord\u201d.\u00a0 What a beautiful life!<\/p>\n

We read in Prov. 6:20-24:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:<\/p>\n

\u201cBind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman\u201d.<\/p>\n

Here, God is personified as a parent playing the dual roles of a father and a mother who disciplines, guides and nurtures us by His law. \u00a0Because of this all-important function of God\u2019s law, we need to esteem His law greatly and make it part and parcel of our life as our constant companion and guide in life. Since \u201clight\u201d answers to the colour white which stands for righteousness, the law of God as our guide in life will always keep us in the path of righteousness wherein is life (Prov. 12:28), while rebuking our waywardness as and when necessary. \u00a0And it works. It keeps the seducer and the seductress at bay!<\/p>\n

The outcome of obedience is a transformed life where the old things of our pre-reconciliation life have been exchanged for the things of our new godly life. That is what it means to return to God:\u00a0 \u201cIf thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents\u201d (v. 23).<\/p>\n

A credible \u201creturn\u201d to the Almighty entails putting away iniquity from our “tabernacles”–our life in entirety. It is a complete spiritual and moral overhaul in which we purify our thoughts, speech and actions\u2014even our body language\u2014from all iniquity so our body, soul and spirit will be sanctified (Jam. 4:8; cp 1 Thess. 5:23). It’s a call to true conversion:<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.<\/p>\n

\u201cCast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?\u201d (Ez. 18:30-31).<\/p>\n

The result of true conversion is that we shall be established, for “in righteousness shall you be established” (Isa. 54:14). The enemy will fight us, but they shall fall because no weapon formed against us will prosper (Isa. 54:15-17).<\/p>\n

Only then will we be able to regard worldly riches and the pursuit of them as worthless (‘dust, brook stones’) in relation to God. Yes, we will now be in a position to trade worldly riches for the riches of knowing God and His will (vv. 24-25). Henceforth God will be our delight, and we\u2019ll focus on Him exclusively because we are no longer preoccupied with a demanding rival interest (v. 26). \u00a0The Almighty tells us in Jer. 9:23-24:<\/p>\n

\u201cThus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD\u201d.<\/p>\n

That was why the Apostle Paul \u201csuffered the loss of all things\u201d in exchange for the invaluable knowledge of Christ:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.<\/p>\n

\u201cYea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ\u201d (Phil. 3:7-8).<\/p>\n

As the Lord Jesus makes clear in the Sermon on the Mount, it’s impossible to serve God and worldly riches equally (Matt. 6:24). Unless the latter is de-emphasized in our lives, we will tend to love worldly riches at the expense of love for God. But once we love God with all your heart, He never fails to reimburse us a hundredfold:<\/p>\n

\u201cThen Peter began to say unto Him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the gospel’s,<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life\u201d (Mark 10:28-30).<\/p>\n

If we trade the world for God, we will surely have \u201cplenty of silver\u201d (Job 22:25) in this life and \u201cin the world to come eternal life\u201d.\u00a0 What trade-in will yield such an eternally rewarding dividend?<\/p>\n

The Gains of a Restored relationship with God<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having reconciled with God through sincere repentance and ingestion of His word as life’s greatest treasure, the promise which awaits us is that \u201cgood will come our way\u201d (v. 21b). This tells us that, first and foremost, God is the source of all goodness. Thus if we do His will, God will release goodness into our lives. \u00a0His Word does good to those who walk uprightly (Mic. 2:7). But what specific acts of divine goodness does Eliphaz have in mind?<\/p>\n

First, God will grant our prayer requests so we can pay our vows in fulfilment of our pledge to God and as an expression of our gratitude to Him (v. 27). He\u2019s a God who hears prayer, but not the prayer of the disobedient who refuses to keep His law or harbours iniquity in his heart (Prov. 28:9; Ps 66:18). But blessed is he whose prayer the Almighty answers. \u00a0He will heal you when you fall sick, He will deliver you from the hands of your enemies, and He will restore you when you suffer a misfortune. David wrote in Ps 40:<\/p>\n

\u201cI waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany, O LORD my God, are Thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered\u201d (Ps 40:1-5).<\/p>\n

Because God answers our prayers, \u201cthe requests of our heart\u201d will not remain unfulfilled (Ps 37:4). What we shall purpose and ‘decree’ will happen (v. 28). The secret is that God will be behind your every thought and word to bring it to pass.<\/p>\n

Prov. 16:3<\/p>\n

\u201cCommit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established\u201d.<\/p>\n

Eph. 3:20-21<\/p>\n

\u201cNow unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen\u201d.<\/p>\n

Moreover, we will have acquired the divine nature whereby we will be able to replicate (albeit on a smaller scale) God\u2019s ability to command things into being.<\/p>\n

John 10:34-35<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf He called them gods [people having the divine nature], unto whom the word of God came, \u00a0\u2026 the scripture cannot be broken\u201d.<\/p>\n

What is more, the light of His law which we have received into our hearts will illuminate our activities and general course of life (Ps 119:105; Prov. 6:23). God will direct our paths (Prov. 3:6) and order our steps in the right way (Jer. 10:23; Ps 37:23). In His light shall we see light (Ps 36:9). We will never be in darkness, for \u201cthe path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day\u201d (Prov. 4:18).<\/p>\n

Jesus says to us in John 8:12: \u201cI am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life\u201d.\u00a0 Jesus is the light because He\u2019s the Word\u2014the Word that guides men as a lighthouse directs ships: \u201cIn Him was life; and the life was the light of men\u201d (John 1:4).<\/p>\n

No part of our lives will be darkened because we are no longer under the influence of the prince of darkness, the devil. Begotten by \u201cthe Father of lights\u201d (Jam. 1:17), we are now \u201cthe children of Light\u201d and are supposed to live, think and behave as such (Eph. 5:8). In effect, we have become \u201clights\u201d ourselves and therefore \u201cshine as lights\u201d in a crooked, perverse world through our irreproachable and pure conduct (Phil. 2:15).<\/p>\n

But who never falls on occasion?\u00a0 People are prone to fall, but when we are cast down as believers, we should encourage ourselves in the LORD, “There is a lifting up”! However, we should understand that the “lifting up” will not happen unless we humble ourselves before the Lord (v. 29). \u00a0As it’s written in James, \u201cHe giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble\u201d (Jam. 4:6). Therefore \u201cHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up\u201d (Jam. 4:10). It’s never the destiny of the righteous to remain permanently on the ground when they stumble. There’s always a lifting up for Him!<\/p>\n

Prov. 24:16<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ps 37:23-24<\/p>\n

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in His way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with His hand\u201d.<\/p>\n

It might not easily cross our minds, but we have won the friendship of God by reconciling with Him. And God has a high regard for His friends\u2014such a high regard that He may even spare the guilty on our account because of our uprightness (v. 30). \u00a0An example is how the LORD was willing to spare Sodom and Gomorrah when Abraham, His \u201cfriend forever\u201d (2 Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; Jam. 2:23), pleaded with Him on their behalf, although they were \u201cwicked sinners\u201d and \u201cthe cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD\u201d (Gen. 13:13, 19:13). The cities were eventually destroyed because the bargain Abraham reached with God\u2014no destruction if 10 righteous people are found, from an initial bargain of 50 righteous people\u2014failed (Gen. 18:20-33). Not ten righteous people could be found in Sodom and Gomorrah!<\/p>\n

Thus, as a friend of God, you plead for an unbelieving family member, and God hears your cry and heals him. \u00a0You pray for an unsaved friend, and she lands a well paying job (see Luke 11:5-10). Sometimes the Lord even reveals the looming danger to you, and your prayers successfully avert it.\u00a0 If you need further convincing, cast your mind back to how God blessed Potiphar because of Joseph, and you will realize that he whom God loves and blesses is himself a fount of blessing to others.<\/p>\n

Turning back to God and His will opens the door to blessings you have never imagined possible in all your wildest dreams! It\u2019s a supernatural, wonderful life of grace. Although he was imperfect and not as spiritually mature as he made himself out to be (Job 42:7-9), Eliphaz\u2019 advice is a spiritual gem. If anyone practices it, it will not fail to yield the amazing results he mentions. Halleluiah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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