Do What God Says

Just DO It

I am not a teacher, nor a preacher, nor an exhorter – neither am I an evangelist. I am a repeater – I repeat those things about which  God speaks to me. I learned a long time ago not to question Him too much other than for clarification.  So now, when He tells me to say something or do something, I hopefully just do it.

It is amazing to me how much we question God. It’s not so much what He’s doing but, like any 5 year old kid, it’s why He’s doing it. I think the questioning, or lack of it, is what separates the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the tares. Most of us, as all kids do, trust once. If things go the way we think they should, then we trust again. If not, however, we start to question everything. Trouble is that when God does something it hardly ever goes exactly to our plan. So we question Him.

Can you imagine any other army where the Commanding Officer has his instructions queried all the time? It’s called mutiny. Fortunately God has inexhaustible patience and, when He asks you to do something, if you demur too long asking too many questions, then He will quietly find someone else who will do what He asks without any fuss. As we do what the Lord asks of us, we learn, just like kids do, that His instructions can be trusted, and we obey quickly.

When we do the Lord’s bidding, we can stand back and watch His words fulfil everything they were sent out to achieve. Hebrews 4:12-13 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” That’s right, we have to give an account of ourselves one day – hmmm. That makes me think a bit – don’t know about you?

Another thing to remember, while the world is getting all shook up, is that God’s Kingdom, unlike any in His creation, is unshakeable.  Hebrews 12:28  “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,” I wonder if the reality of that has sunk in yet? A kingdom that CANNOT be shaken because it God’s kingdom, His realm, the one unshakeable place – God’s Kingdom.

So, when God gives you a Word, check it out with Him by all means, but give that Word to whomsoever God tells you. You will have done your job. The Word may shake their ‘kingdom’ but it will not shake you. It will be up to the receiver to deal with it then.

Just do it – whatever He tells you – just do it.