Birds and Fish

22 Aug 08, 04:50 PM, Africa/Lagos

If you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God…you r God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:1

Recommended Reading
Genesis 22:1-19
Greatly loved Bible teacher, Henrietta Mears, once said to a classroom of students, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water, and he has lost his liberty. A fish is free in the water, but leave him on the sand and he perishes. He is out of his realm. So, young people, the Christian is free when he does the will of God and is obedient to God's command. This is as natural a realm for God's child as the water is for the fish, or the air for the bird."

Notice Mears did not say obedience is "easy" for God's child, but natural. In other words, it is where we belong and thrive. When we resist being obedient, we put ourselves in bondage to sin and take ourselves out of God's blessing. But when we decide to obey, we are free in Christ Jesus, knowing we are exactly where we are supposed to be.

The next time you feel like a fish out water in your relationship with the Lord, thrust yourself back into the waters of obedience and flourish with His blessing!

The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.
A.W. Tozer

Read-Thru-the-Bible
Ezekiel 24:1 - 27:36