April 17 Sermon:  Nothing To It, But To Do It

Scripture:  1 Samuel 15: 1-5, 18-22

Sermon delivered by Pastor Williams

 

It�s amazing, a man can teach a dolphin to swim in the ocean and jump through hoops to entertain man, but God cannot get man to obey His Word.  Man can teach a bird to fly to one side of town and back, but God cannot get man to do the will of God and do exactly what He say.  If you really want God to bless you, you have to obey Him, obey His Word, and obey His will.

 

As I labored over this text, I didn�t just think of New Hope, but about Christians everywhere, why they won�t do exactly what God commands. God has told many of you to let go of some stuff that�s not right, but man has made a decision and said �I�m not going to do what God is telling me�.  Many of us just don�t believe in what God is saying. 

 

We sing it on Sunday and shout it on Sunday, but we don�t have true confidence in God.  When you are a soldier in the Army, you have to follow the commands of your superior.  And if you do, you get promotions and rise up in rank.  But you don�t obey God, your Commander.  God doesn�t need your approval.  He is God all by himself.  God will bless you if you obey his commands.  Many of us don�t obey God because of a contrary spirit.  People are divided into three categories:

 

            They obey and don�t question

            They obey but ask questions

            They have the spirit of contrariness and don�t intend to do anything you tell

                  them to do

 

Disobedient children will shorten their days.  Saul was given a specific command.  Many of us just love to fish, they don�t like what God has told them to do, so they just go down the street asking other people their opinion.

 

Many of us have made serving God so complicated.  We tell people they can�t dome to Christ and be saved if you live a certain way, do certain things.  Stop making things so complicated.  Accept Christ and He will clean you up and lead you to do the right things.

 

Want to know why you are so miserable?  Because you won�t obey God.  Want to know why you have so many problems in your life?  Because you won�t obey God.

 

I�m trying to help you.  Some of you have been wrestling with the same issues all the 12 years I�ve been here.  It�s time to stop wrestling with it.  You need to stop talking, saying I stopped going to that church cause they ain�t right.  What is funny is that those same folks you don�t go to church with on Sunday are the same people you run up to in Wal-Mart on Monday.

 

If you want to be blessed, obey God�s Word.  God�s word is a direction for your life, not Oprah, not Dr. Phil � but God�s Word.  Follow His directions.