{"id":10745,"date":"2014-01-30T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10745"},"modified":"2014-01-30T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:35:49","slug":"the-dilemma-of-obedience-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=10745","title":{"rendered":"The Dilemma of Obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"555\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kge09p_huoE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><em>Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision \u20141 Samuel 3:15<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/em>God never speaks to us in dramatic ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand. Then we say, \u201cI wonder if that is God\u2019s voice?\u201d Isaiah said that the Lord spoke to him \u201cwith a strong hand,\u201d that is, by the pressure of his circumstances (Isaiah 8:11). Without the sovereign hand of God Himself, nothing touches our lives. Do we discern His hand at work, or do we see things as mere occurrences?<\/p>\n<p>Get into the habit of saying, \u201cSpeak, Lord,\u201d and life will become a romance (1 Samuel 3:9). Every time circumstances press in on you, say, \u201cSpeak, Lord,\u201d and make time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline\u2014 it is meant to bring me to the point of saying, \u201cSpeak, Lord.\u201d Think back to a time when God spoke to you. Do you remember what He said? Was it Luke 11:13 , or was it 1 Thessalonians 5:23? As we listen, our ears become more sensitive, and like Jesus, we will hear God all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Should I tell my \u201cEli\u201d what God has shown to me? This is where the dilemma of obedience hits us. We disobey God by becoming amateur providences and thinking, \u201cI must shield \u2019Eli,\u2019 \u201d who represents the best people we know. God did not tell Samuel to tell Eli\u2014 he had to decide that for himself. God\u2019s message to you may hurt your \u201cEli,\u201d buttrying to prevent suffering in another\u2019s life will prove to be an obstruction between your soul and God. It is at your own risk that you prevent someone\u2019s right hand being cut off or right eye being plucked out (see Matthew 5:29-30).<\/p>\n<p>Never ask another person\u2019s advice about anything God makes you decide before Him. If you ask advice, you will almost always side with Satan. \u201c. . . I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood . . .\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision \u20141 Samuel 3:15 God never speaks to us in dramatic ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand. Then we say, \u201cI wonder if that is God\u2019s voice?\u201d Isaiah said that the Lord spoke to him \u201cwith a strong hand,\u201d that is, by the pressure of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10745"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10748,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10745\/revisions\/10748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}