THE SECRET OF DAVID IN SCRIPTURES WAS TRACEABLE TO ONE THING AND THAT IS HIS HEART FOR GOD
THE OBEDIENCE THAT WILL MATTER TO GOD IS THE OBEDIENCE THAT IS MOTIVATED BY LOVE.
WHEN OUR HEART FOR GOD IS INTACT, OUR PURSUIT OF GOD WILL BE CONTINUOUS.
The obedience that will matter to God is the obedience that is motivated by love. Where love is the motivator, obedience will always provoke result. Our love for God is the critical factor (2 Corinthians 5:14). The love of Christ, that is what God expects of you and of me, that our love for Him will begin to propel our action in obedience. We are obeying Him as motivated by love.
That is what causes our obedience to provoke result (2 Chronicles 16:9, Jeremiah 17:10). So, God responds to our heart for Him. That is why we are told that, God is a God of knowledge (1 Samuel 2:3), by Him actions are weighed. So, our actions carry weight on the basis of our motivation and that motivation, when it is love that motivates, then that action carries weight before God.
You must understand therefore that, the love factor is a vital factor in determining the outcome of our obedience. Why are you doing that which you are doing? What is the motivation to your action? Are you taking steps because you love God, are you taking steps because you are after the heart of God? That is the difference maker. The secret of David in scriptures was traceable to one thing and that is his heart for God (1 Samuel 13:14). A man after God’s own heart, a man whose desire is simply to please God, a man who is in pursuit of what God loves. That is what set David apart. He didn’t say, I have found a great commander, organizer, a mighty man of valour; “I have gone to look for a man after my own heart.” Whatever it is that you are not, God can make you as long as you have the heart for Him. David came with a heart and God made him into what he desired of Him.
Every other thing you saw out of David was the product of the help of God (Psalm 89:19-23). It is important for us to understand that our heart for God is the ultimate motivator that causes our obedience to produce results and that is why you discover that, when a man has a heart for God, he doesn’t lack in the pursuit of God.
The question when you see somebody who is no longer pursuing God is a question of the heart. When our heart for God is intact, our pursuit of God will be continuous. You will see that our pursuit of God will remain a perpetual thing (1 John 5:3). When you are a lover of God, you are never offended by any commandment of God; you are excited by it.
– Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr on ‘UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF OBEDIENCE PART 2’ at June 2022 Spiritual Week of Emphasis, Day 2 || Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland Ota.
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